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Close-up photo of a ceremonial damaru drum hanging from a silver staff, draped with a leopard-print fabric scarf in beige and dark brown with gold metallic threads and tassel fringe, strung with brown rudraksha beads. A bare forearm with a dark beaded bracelet holds the staff at left. Blue stage backdrop blurred behind. No physical person's face is visible.

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May 02 20182018-05-02May 02 20182018-05-02 +1 copiesMay 02 20182018-05-02 +2 copiesJuly 17 20132013-07-17March 31 20182018-03-31 +1 copiesMay 02 20182018-05-02 +2 copiesAugust 11 20122012-08-11 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a person's right hand held open in a mudra-like gesture, with gold rings on the fingers and a gold beaded rudraksha-style bracelet on the wrist. The wearer's sleeve shows a leopard-print fabric. A black microphone stand is visible in the background against a red-brown curtain, with blurred metallic ritual objects at the upper left.2018-04-24 +1 copiesA performer dressed as Shiva stands in a blurred close-up against a purple backdrop. He wears a leopard-print cloth wrapped over one shoulder and across the chest, a gold chain with a gold pendant, and a silver armlet. His long dark matted hair is wrapped in rudraksha beads, and white tripundra lines with a red-and-white third-eye mark decorate his forehead. He holds a silver trident-style staff with a rudraksha mala and a silver damaru drum with yellow cords in front of his face, the staff and drum partly obscuring his face.2018-05-02A silver trident (trishul) with a central Shiva-form face and curved side prongs stands upright against a deep red curtain. Below the prongs hangs a small damaru drum with a leopard-print cloth wrapped and tied in yellow cord, with a leopard-patterned tassel trailing down the shaft. The lower edge shows the fingers and a rudraksha mala of a person at the frame's edge. No full person is clearly visible.2017-08-26 +1 copiesA photograph of a single performer standing in front of a pinkish wall, dressed in the iconography of Kaalabhairava. He has long, dark curly hair, a white tilak with a red bindi on his forehead, and rudraksha bracelets on his arms and wrists. He wears an orange-red shawl over bare shoulders, a belt and garland of bells, and a leopard-print lower garment. He holds a silver trident with a red stone at its centre, grasping its shaft with his right hand. A decorative gold-patterned frame is visible at the left edge.2012-08-11August 26 20172017-08-26