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Close overhead photo of a grey stone mortar being packed with bright yellow powder. A pale green enamel plate heaped with the same yellow powder sits at left on a striped pink and green cloth. At right, a person in a rust-red robe wears a beaded rudraksha-style mala on the wrist, and a hand with a gold bangle and a tattooed design works the mortar. The scene appears to show a herbal preparation being pounded by hand.

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September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02A photo of hands grinding turmeric powder in a stone mortar on a striped multicoloured cloth. Two adult hands with gold bangles press a paste into a carved grey stone mortar, with yellow turmeric dust scattered around. On the right a dark stone grinding block with a yellow-smeared pestle and a yellow-coated cylindrical roller sits beside a silver-toned box. Small grey and white stone mortars sit in the foreground. A red-clad arm with rudraksha beads appears at the upper right edge, and no face is visible. The setting is a ritual preparation of herbal medicine.2017-09-07 +2 copiesSeptember 02 20172017-09-02Close-up photograph of a black stone grinding mortar with a dark pestle set upright in it, the stone surface dusted with yellow powder. A bowl of similar yellow paste sits in the lower left foreground, and a pile of white flowers is visible at the right edge. A hand in a red-and-gold garment reaches in from the upper left, and the background is softly blurred with pink and white fabric. No people are fully visible, so the scene shows a preparation of herbal paste rather than a named ritual.2017-09-07 +1 copiesClose photo of hands grinding yellow turmeric paste on a flat stone grinding slab (ammi) on a striped pink, green and purple cloth. A dark stone mortar with a yellow-smeared pestle sits to the right, a small black stone cup with a white pestle is in front, and a silver-toned box is behind. The hands wear gold bangles; a person in a red garment with rudraksha beads is partly visible at the upper right. Turmeric powder is scattered across the cloth. Ritual ingredient preparation.2017-09-07 +1 copiesClose view of an herbal preparation process on a colourful striped cloth. A person in a maroon garment with a gold border and beaded necklace grinds yellow turmeric-like powder with a wooden pestle in a dark stone mortar. Nearby stand a large carved stone bowl filled with yellow powder, a mint-green enamel bowl of powder in the foreground, a white enamel bowl and small stone vessels. Partial bare feet are visible at the right edge.2017-09-02Close photo of hands grinding turmeric or herbs with a stone pestle in a flat stone mortar on a striped cloth. Gold bangles on the wrists. Beside it a dark stone mortar with a wooden pestle, both dusted with yellow powder, and small dark cups and stone pieces nearby. Preparation of aushadh medicine.2017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a dark grey stone grinding slab with a black stone pestle resting in a mound of bright yellow powder. Behind it, a person in a rust-red robe wears a rudraksha mala with the hands partly visible at the top. A pale green bowl sits at the lower left edge, and a small purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2017-09-02September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a dark grey stone mortar and pestle filled with bright yellow turmeric powder, with more yellow powder dusted on the rim. A pale green bowl with turmeric stains sits in the foreground, and a blurred figure in rust-red robes wearing a rudraksha mala is visible behind.2017-09-02September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copies