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Close view of a wooden hand-operated press with a turned wooden pillar and a rope wound around it, used to crush herbs or extract liquid. A person in maroon-red robes and multiple strands of dark rudraksha malas, with beaded bracelets on the wrists, grips the pillar with both hands. Brass oil lamps stand in the background against green lighting, and a second seated person in red cloth is partly visible at the left edge.

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December 10 20172017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA photograph of a seated man in a rust-red robe, his chest draped with dark rudraksha malas and a wrist rudraksha band, wearing a leopard-print headwrap and white forehead markings as he works a traditional wooden press, turning a wooden screw handle with both hands. A second man in a red robe leans in from the left, one hand on the press frame, and a third man in white dhoti with white striped arm markings works the lower base. A stone mortar and pestle sit in front, with a wicker basket at right and a microphone stand behind. The background shows a silver chair, potted plants and a gold-and-green lit backdrop.2017-12-10December 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesDecember 10 20172017-12-10 +1 copiesA photograph of an indoor ayurvedic-style workshop setting. A seated man in a rust-red garment wears layered rudraksha malas, rudraksha armbands and a leopard-print headband, with white tilak on his forehead. He sits in front of a silver-backed chair, working a wooden hand-press with rope wrapped around a wooden pestle over a small fire pit. A younger person with dreadlocks in the left foreground, wearing a rust-red garment, tends a brass bowl. Nearby stand a dark stone mortar and pestle, a wicker basket, brass lamps, potted plants and a gold-patterned backdrop. A microphone is clipped to the seated man's headband area.2017-12-10December 28 20172017-12-28A photograph of three men in a workshop setting working with a traditional wooden press and stone mortar on a cloth-covered floor. A seated man in a maroon-red robe, multiple rudraksha malas, a leopard-print headband and white forehead markings operates the wooden press's upright handle while another man in a maroon robe with rudraksha beads leans in from the left to help. A third man in a white dhoti with white body markings works at the base of the press. A stone mortar and pestle, a brass oil lamp and a woven basket sit in the foreground. A glowing golden backdrop with green foliage completes the scene. Whether the seated man is the figure referenced by the page cannot be confirmed from appearance alone.2017-12-10 +1 copiesA seated man in rust-red robes and layered rudraksha malas smiles while leaning over a wooden hand-press with a fluted wooden roller held in place by rope. Beside him, a bare-chested assistant in white dhoti and forehead markings works at the base of the device, where a small flame glows. A stone mortar and pestle sit in the foreground, with a metal cup and a wicker basket nearby. The seated man wears a leopard-print turban and a rudraksha bracelet on his upper arm, and sits before a silver-backed seat and golden decorative backdrop with green foliage. A microphone stand is in view.2017-12-10 +1 copies