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Close photo of silver ritual materials laid out on the ground for an aushada preparation. On the left, a silver tray holds thin curved silver leaves arranged in a fan and a stack of silver bars. On the right, coils of fine silver wire sit on a silver tray and a second tray, while a hand with a tattoo and gold bangles, wearing orange cloth, reaches toward the wire. A silver bowl of granular powder appears at the left edge. No deity or a person figure is clearly visible.

August 29 2017

Close photo of ritual metal materials laid out on a concrete floor for aushada preparation. In the foreground, several coils of bright silver-toned wire are stacked on steel trays, with a bundle of long thin silver rods lying across another tray on the right. Behind them, a plate holds flat silver-coloured pieces and a decorative lotus-like metal form. Green leaves lie at the lower left, and the edge of a red-orange cloth with a gold border appears at the top, with bare feet visible near the top right. No people are clearly shown beyond these feet and cloth. This is a photograph of spiritual alchemy materials.

Close photograph of a ritual preparation for aushada, with silver metal materials laid out on a flat ornate silver tray. Coiled silver wire rings sit in the foreground beside a silver tray holding silver bars and a flower-shaped arrangement of thin silver petals. A hand in the upper centre reaches toward the bars, while the lower body of a person in orange robes is visible at the top edge. Bowls of red powder and yellow-brown powder sit at the left edge on the sandy ground.

A close overhead photograph of a silver ritual tray with an ornately embossed silver border and handle, holding neatly stacked silver bars and a cluster of large white-silver leaves arranged in a flower-like rosette at the centre. The tray rests on a grey stone or concrete surface beside green plant leaves at the left edge, and a bowl with yellow and red powder is partly visible at the top right. No people are visible. The arrangement is consistent with an aushada preparation ingredient display, which the page describes as a herbal and metallic process; no person is pictured.

Overhead view of an aushada preparation at an ashram floor. Two silver trays hold coiled silver wire, and a square silver tray holds thin silver sheets arranged around a white flower-shaped offering with a small round centre. Bowls of dark ash, a white powder bowl and green leaves surround the items. At the top right, two people in orange and rust-coloured robes sit on the floor, one wearing a rudraksha mala, with their hands visible near the materials. No faces are shown in the frame.

A photograph of a large ornate silver tray holding a flower-shaped arrangement of thin curved silver petals around a central cluster, surrounded by silver ingots or blocks. Steam or smoke drifts across the frame. A hand is visible at the lower right edge reaching toward the tray. No people are fully visible, only a hand. The tray has engraved decorative borders and the scene is set in a ritual preparation context.

A stack of ornate silver-toned vessels with repeating embossed floral and geometric patterns sits on a black cloth in the foreground. Behind it, rows of smaller silver cups and bowls are arranged on dark fabric, and a silver tray lies at the left edge. No people are visible in the frame.

A photograph of an arrangement of silver ritual objects laid out on a dark blue cloth. Visible items include a tiered silver kalasha-like stand, a silver mace with twisted shaft, an ornate silver crown, a small bow and arrow, a pair of silver scissors, two oval silver vessels with spouts, a silver lidded dish, a decorated silver rod with red bands, and several thin silver wire bangles. Gold-coloured ceremonial staves and a white cloth edge appear at the top corners. No people are shown in the frame apart from a sliver of a hand at the right edge.

A photograph of an arrangement of silver ritual objects laid out on a dark blue cloth. Visible items include a silver bow with arrow, a tiered silver finial or kalasha-like stupa piece, a tall silver ceremonial staff with a decorative top, an ornate silver crown, a silver oil lamp shaped like a bird or deity vehicle, a silver spoon-shaped vessel, a pair of small silver scissors, a small round silver dish, a long silver rod with red bands, and several thin silver bangles or wire loops. Silver metalwork is ornately engraved. At top right, the sleeve of a person in white cloth is partly visible.

Overhead photo of an arranged set of silver and silver-coloured ritual vessels laid out on a striped woven mat over a concrete floor. Visible items include two tall lamp stands with flared tops, a footed bowl, engraved and hammered-pattern bowls, several round trays, small cups and spoons, a tall ornate container, a twisted-handled ladle and a round tray with a scalloped edge. No people are present.

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