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Close-up photograph of a preparation of herbal remedies on a striped pink, teal and white cloth. A person seated in deep red-maroon garments with a gold-bordered hem sits behind the setup, their wrists wearing red rudraksha-style beaded bracelets and their hands stained yellow with turmeric paste. In front, a large grey stone grinding mortar holds yellow turmeric powder with a matching yellow pestle, a smaller black stone mortar sits beside a white pestle, and a black stone block with a pestle is marked with yellow turmeric lines. Small clay and stone bowls, a silver dish and a bowl of cooked rice with vegetables sit around the cloth.

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September 07 20172017-09-07September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA close view of a ritual preparation table draped with a pink, teal and striped cloth. In the foreground, a grey stone mortar holds a golden yellow turmeric paste with a yellow-painted pestle resting in it. Beside it, a dark grey stone box with vertical yellow turmeric lines and a small dark stone pestle stand among dark stone bowls and a small mortar with a white pestle. Turmeric powder is scattered across the cloth. Behind, a person in a maroon garment with a gold border and a dark shawl sits partly out of frame. The scene suggests preparation of herbal or ritual paste.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA photo of Ayurvedic herb grinding on a striped cloth. A large stone mortar holds bright yellow turmeric powder with a yellow-stained stone pestle lying across it. Beside it are a small black stone mortar with a pestle, a dark stone box with yellow powder on its lid and turmeric streaks, and several clay and stone pots. A person in a maroon garment with gold border sits partly visible at the top right, hands out of frame. The setting suggests preparation of medicine, though no swami is clearly visible.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA close photograph of a grinding ritual on a striped pink, green and white cloth. A person in a deep maroon garment with a gold-bordered hem, wearing rudraksha bracelets on the wrist, pounds yellow turmeric paste in a stone mortar with a yellow-stained pestle. Beside it sit a grey stone mortar and pestle, a dark stone box dusted with yellow powder, a small black mortar, and a patterned clay vessel. The yellow paste suggests herbal aushadh preparation.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose photo of a seated person in a rust-red and gold-bordered garment grinding a yellow paste in a black stone mortar with a dark pestle. Silver-toned ornate sticks and a rudraksha-style bead mala rest at the wrist and waist. Nearby sit a stone mortar with a pestle, small bowls of yellow powder, fresh green leaves and a sprig of herb, and additional mortars and pestles in the foreground. Only partial hands and arms are visible, so the person's identity cannot be determined from the image.2017-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copies