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A seated man with long dark swept-up hair, a crescent ornament at the crown, and a vertical tilak on his forehead sits on an ornate silver throne-chair in an outdoor evening setting with dense green foliage behind him. He wears a rust-red sleeveless garment, a leopard-print waist cloth, rudraksha malas across his chest and arms, and a gold necklace. He has his eyes closed and is working with a pestle over a dark stone mortar filled with yellow powder, while nearby stand brass bowls of herbs and grains, a mortar and pestle, a brass figure of a dancing deity, a silver altar with flower garlands, and a microphone on a stand. a person is shown in the act of preparing aushadha, a herbal medicine, in a ritual setting.