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December 31 2003

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December 31 20032003-12-31April 13 20082008-04-13April 15 20082008-04-15April 13 20082008-04-13Close photo of a seated person in saffron-orange robes grinding herbs in a rectangular grey stone mortar with a dark stone pestle. The wrists wear rudraksha bead malas and a red thread bracelet. Around the mortar are a white enamel cup with a blue handle, a brass bowl of green leaves, a small bowl of yellow paste, yellow flowers and a silver box in the background. The scene is an aushada herb preparation process.2017-08-29April 13 20082008-04-13Night-time photograph of three men crouched beside a low white stone-walled pit filled with reddish-brown sand. Two shaved-headed men in saffron-orange dhotis and sashes, one with a rudraksha mala, dig into the sand with their hands. A third man in a white shirt and white dhoti kneels at the right, holding a long metal rod or pole into the pit. Large tree roots are visible in the upper right. Only these three physical people are visible; no candidate for a person can be confirmed from appearance.2013-04-24April 24 20132013-04-24Night photograph of two men kneeling and digging sand from a shallow pit lined with pale concrete walls and a black mat. The man on the left is bare-chested and shaved-headed, wearing a saffron-orange cloth at the waist, with rudraksha beads and a bracelet on his arm. The man on the right wears a white shirt and white dhoti and is pressing sand with both hands. A small oil lamp burns in a dark recess behind them, and a broom leans against the wall. Large aerial roots of a banyan-type tree hang above the scene.2013-04-24A night-time outdoor ritual scene in a temple courtyard with pillars and lanterns. A central figure in a red-orange garment with gold trim, gold armbands and a white patterned headdress with silver-white cloth behind him grinds substances with a pestle in a stone mortar on a striped mat. Beside him a man in white dhoti with gold-bordered cloth and rudraksha beads kneels grinding with a stone pestle. A standing man in white dhoti and shawl with gold-bordered cloth, gold chain and white tilak stands behind. Clay and stone vessels, a brass plate of food and small oil lamps surround the mat. A man in orange cloth is partly visible at the left edge. Several people are visible.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of metal casting work on dusty red earth. A man in a black t-shirt and a blue-and-beige checked lungi, wearing a beaded necklace and a copper bracelet, leans over a red-glowing crucible or mould with a long wooden pole, while smoke rises around him. Beside him, a second man in a white vest and light lungi bends toward the pit, and a third man in a white shirt and checked lungi holds a turquoise thermos or can. Cardboard sheets and scattered debris lie on the ground, and a tyre is visible at the left edge.2006-12-10April 24 20132013-04-24