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Close photo of a ritual grinding station for aushada preparation. A stone trough holds a thick red-orange paste, with a grey stone grinding pestle and a smaller stone rolling stone resting in it, and a wooden stick lies across the left. A pale ginger root and herbs sit in a small red-rimmed bowl at bottom left, and green leaves frame the upper left. A man in rust-coloured cloth sits on a leopard-print mat, with bare feet and a hand dusted with yellow powder visible at top right. No face is shown.

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August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29A photo of a seated person in orange-red robes preparing an aushada paste in a granite stone trough filled with bright red-orange paste. Their hands, smeared with the same orange paste, work over the trough while dark stones lie beside it. Rudraksha malas hang on their wrist and neck. Behind them is an ornate silver stand, and at right are silver trays of white powder with a dark pile, along with small bowls of yellow-white ingredients and green leaves. The scene shows a spiritual alchemy ritual preparation.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29Photograph of an aushada preparation process. A seated person in orange-red ochre robes with rudraksha malas on the arm and wrist reaches toward a granite grinding trough (ammikal-style) filled with bright red paste, with dark stones and a pestle-like stone among it. Round silver trays hold white and brown powders with dark ash-like mounds, and a blue enamel pot with a tan liquid sits on the floor beside a small brass cup. Green leaves and a silver tray with a brass vessel are at the bottom edge, and a silver-framed altar stands in the background.2017-08-29Close-up photo of hands grinding a yellow and red paste in a flat-bottomed granite mortar with a dark stone pestle. Two smooth dark grinding stones sit in the mortar beside the paste. The person wears a reddish-brown cloth and a rudraksha bracelet on the left wrist. Turmeric-yellow and vermilion-red powders coat the mortar and fingers. No face is visible, and no one can be identified from the frame.2017-08-29 +1 copiesAugust 29 20172017-08-29