Skip to content
A man seated on an ornate carved wooden chair speaks into a microphone on a stage, smiling and gesturing with his right hand. He wears orange and saffron robes with a gold-bordered cloth, a leopard-print waist sash, multiple strands of rudraksha beads and a green bead necklace with a gold pendant, and has a yellow and red forehead mark and long swept-back black hair. Behind him is a large dark-gold painted or carved image of a dancing Shiva figure within a flame-ring arch. To his left stands a silver trishula trident and a ceramic pot, with a water bottle and a red thermos on a small table. Physically one person is visible on stage, and the crown-like hair, saffron garments and rudraksha cues are consistent with a person presence.