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A market display of fresh vegetables with no people visible. In the foreground, a halved orange pumpkin with bright yellow flesh and seeds sits beside a second pumpkin slice. A steel pot holds sliced white and cream-coloured vegetables, possibly bottle gourd or similar. A woven basket of ripe red tomatoes sits at the upper left, with a head of cauliflower and green leafy vegetables behind. Fresh coriander leaves are at the left, with red carrots, green chillies, green beans and purple brinjals (eggplants) arranged on a red tray at the bottom.

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Close photograph of a round woven bamboo basket heaped with fresh flowers in yellow, pink, red, purple and white, including chrysanthemums and roses. Behind it, two flat silver-coloured ritual platforms sit on a striped multicoloured cloth in purple, red, green and orange. At right, a metal plate holds a bundle wrapped in white cloth topped with cream and purple flowers. No people are visible; the arrangement suggests puja offerings.2016-12-19November 12 20152015-11-12 +1 copiesDecember 15 20162016-12-15Photograph of an arrangement of herbs, powders and seeds on a wooden table, prepared for the Turiyatita aushadha making process. Metal platters hold conical heaps of bright red, yellow and off-white powders, dried root and bark pieces, dark dried berries, small round seeds, blue-black beads and loose white grains. Dried leaves and herbal fragments lie in the background. No people are visible in the frame.2017-12-28January 20 20192019-01-20A ritual preparation scene on a red cloth-covered floor. Several round silver plates hold heaps of dried herbs, roots, seeds, bark pieces and dried leaves, with a few small bowls of yellow turmeric powder and a brass cup. A large brass vessel holds bundled dry sticks. Two coconuts sit in a wooden box, and a plate of white flower petals or puffed grains is in front. Behind on a raised table stand a wooden tray of fresh flowers and fruit, woven baskets, a bowl of oranges, a bowl of apples and steel containers. A brass kalasha and a small figure of a deity murti stand on a dark pedestal at the upper left, and a person in a white dhoti with a red sash is partly visible at the top right. Materials appear prepared for an offering or ritual.2016-12-07A photo of an aushadha preparation table set with a striped pink, blue and purple cloth. Stone mortars and pestles, a woven basket, steel bowls of yellow and orange powders, green leaves and herbs, and a tray of dark cone-shaped pellets are arranged on the table. At the upper right, a person in orange-brown robes holds a wooden staff and a rudraksha-style mala while working at the table; only part of the figure is visible and no face is shown. The background is blurred with other people in the room.2017-09-14October 15 20102010-10-15April 01 20162016-04-01 +1 copiesAugust 02 20142014-08-02December 28 20172017-12-28 +1 copiesDecember 20 20102010-12-20