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Close-up photo of a ritual preparing herbal paste in a worn grey-speckled stone mortar. A pair of hands in rust-orange cloth sleeves, wearing dark rudraksha bracelets, holds a dark wooden pestle or grinding stick in the yellow paste. A dark grey stone lies in the left of the mortar, with green leaves at the upper left. The yellow paste fills the basin. A person's hands are visible; no face is shown.

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Close-up photograph of a person's hands grinding herbs in a flat stone mortar with a dark stone pestle. The mortar holds a bright yellow paste and a grey stone. The person wears rudraksha bracelets with red thread and an orange-brown garment, with green leaves visible at the left. This appears to be an aushada herb-preparation process.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29 +1 copiesClose-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 20172017-08-29A photograph of a person seated on a leopard-print cloth, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold borders and rudraksha malas on the wrists and neck, grinding yellow herbal paste with a dark stone pestle in a shallow grey stone mortar. Green leafy stems lie beside the mortar, with a silver ornamental tray at the upper left, a blue bucket and small bowls of yellow powder at the lower left, and a small pale wooden figure of a deity standing on an animal in the foreground. The scene suggests a herbal preparation for an aushada rite.2017-08-29Close view of hands in orange robes grinding dark stone with a stone pestle on a flat granite slab during an herbal preparation. Rudraksha bracelets are visible on the wrists, and a red thread is tied around one wrist. Two large dark stones sit beside the slab, and a plate of green leaves rests at the right edge. A silver-toned ornamented base is visible at the top. A small metal pot sits at the bottom edge. Only partial limbs of one person are visible, so the count is one.2017-08-29Close photo of a hand pressing a dark grey stone pestle into a granite mortar filled with bright yellow paste, with a metal pestle-stick standing in the mortar. The wrist wears a dark rudraksha mala with a red thread, and a rust-orange cloth is visible at the right edge. Green leaves sit in the background at left, and a brass vessel with yellow liquid is partly visible on the left.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a person's hands grinding herbs in a shallow stone mortar with a dark stone pestle. The person wears rudraksha mala bracelets on both wrists, a red thread on one wrist, and rust-orange cloth. A small tin or jar of powder is held in the other hand, and yellow powder dusts the mortar and the fingers. A dark metal rod lies beside the mortar. The setting suggests an Aushada herbal preparation with a yellow powder, though no person's face is visible.2017-08-29