Close photo of a person's hands grinding a red paste in a flat stone mortar with a stone pestle. The person wears rust-orange cloth over the legs and a rudraksha mala on the wrist. Yellow powder and red paste fill the mortar, with dark grey stones resting around it. The hands and wrist are visible, but no face is shown. The scene matches the aushada herbal preparation described on the page. - Nithyanandapedia

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Close photo of a person's hands grinding a red paste in a flat stone mortar with a stone pestle. The person wears rust-orange cloth over the legs and a rudraksha mala on the wrist. Yellow powder and red paste fill the mortar, with dark grey stones resting around it. The hands and wrist are visible, but no face is shown. The scene matches the aushada herbal preparation described on the page.

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Close-up photograph of a priest's hands grinding a mixture in a dark stone mortar with a wooden pestle. The priest wears a rust-red robe and multiple rudraksha mala beads around the neck and wrist. A silver ceremonial vessel with engraved floral and figurative patterns stands at the right edge. Orange and yellow powders and white paste are visible in the mortar, placed on a patterned textile. Only the hands, forearm and torso are visible; no face is shown.

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