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Close-up photo of a ritual in progress: a woman in a red and gold patterned sari and a yellow wrist thread presses her hand on a yellow-smeared dark grey stone object, a shivalingam-like form on a square base. Her hand wears a gold ring and bangles, and several dark beaded malas are on her wrist. Behind her, a garland of pink and yellow flowers. On the left, a small oil lamp burns on a stone base beside a brass plate, and bowls of grains, herbs and red petals sit nearby. A small plastic bottle stands at lower right. No a person is visible.

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Close-up photograph of a ritual at a puja setting: a person's hands, wearing a gold-bordered red and orange silk sari or garment and a yellow thread bound around the wrist, are placing or pressing a small item onto a large dark green-grey stone lingam-shaped object decorated with yellow turmeric marks and red kumkum dots. A small clay oil lamp with a lit flame sits on a stone platform at left, beside brass bowls of grains or seeds and a steel plate. Bright flower garlands in pink and yellow appear at right.2013-09-16September 16 20132013-09-16 +1 copiesSeptember 16 20132013-09-16August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29Close photo of hands grinding turmeric or herbs with a stone pestle in a flat stone mortar on a striped cloth. Gold bangles on the wrists. Beside it a dark stone mortar with a wooden pestle, both dusted with yellow powder, and small dark cups and stone pieces nearby. Preparation of aushadh medicine.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA photo of hands grinding turmeric powder in a stone mortar on a striped multicoloured cloth. Two adult hands with gold bangles press a paste into a carved grey stone mortar, with yellow turmeric dust scattered around. On the right a dark stone grinding block with a yellow-smeared pestle and a yellow-coated cylindrical roller sits beside a silver-toned box. Small grey and white stone mortars sit in the foreground. A red-clad arm with rudraksha beads appears at the upper right edge, and no face is visible. The setting is a ritual preparation of herbal medicine.2017-09-07 +2 copiesClose-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.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.2017-08-29September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 02 20172017-09-02September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copies