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A photograph of a ritual preparation setup on a striped cloth, multicoloured in pink, purple, green, blue and yellow, with white powder and yellow stains scattered across it. Several dark stone mortars and pestles, two wooden pestles and a small grey stone bowl are arranged on the cloth. A shallow brass vessel holding a lit flame sits at the top left. At the upper right, a silver-framed tray and a silver-rimmed base are visible, along with white beads and a hand of a person at the edge of the frame, and a small dark bowl held at the right edge. A phone is partly visible at the right edge. The setting suggests an herbal or medicinal preparation during a ceremony.

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September 02 20172017-09-02Close view of old wooden and stone ritual tools laid on a striped cloth in red, purple, green and yellow. Two cylindrical stone or metal mortar-like vessels sit on the left and centre, a third dark vessel sits right, and two dark wooden pestles with turned handles lie across the lower left and centre. A silver-toned ornate frame edge appears at the right. No people are visible; the objects appear to be herbal preparation tools used in an ashram aushadha process.2017-09-02A preparation setup on a striped multicolour cloth spread on the floor, with a silver-covered pedestal in the upper right. Enamel bowls with red rims hold powders and liquids: a mint-green bowl of yellow turmeric powder, white powders, and brownish liquids in stone cups. Stone mortars with pestles, small grey and white stone bowls, a bundle of yellow-tipped incense sticks, and a dark stone vessel form the arrangement. A person in white and yellow clothing with long dark braided hair is partly visible at the top left.2017-09-02A photograph of a ritual preparation setup on a striped multicolored cloth spread on the floor. In the foreground are enamel bowls with white rim edges holding turmeric powder, white and grey powders, a brown liquid, and ground herbal powder, alongside a stone mortar and pestle and a small pile of white material. Behind them stand grey clay vessels with liquid, a dark stone mortar with a pestle, and bundled incense sticks. An ornate silver throne and silver stand frame the scene. At the top edge, the feet and orange-saffron clothed legs of one standing person are visible near a silver deity vahana figure. No faces are visible.2017-09-02Photograph of ritual or medicinal preparation tools laid on a striped cloth in red, pink, yellow, purple and green. Two dark cylindrical metal vessels or grinding cups with worn surfaces sit at the top, a round stone or metal pestle-like piece lies in the centre, and two wooden pestles with turned handles rest below. A silver-toned ornamental edge appears at the upper right. No people are visible. The image is rotated sideways.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 09 20172017-09-09 +1 copiesA photo of stone grinding equipment on a striped pink, teal and purple cloth. A large grey stone mortar stands at left with a white wooden pestle beside it, and a flat stone grinding slab holds yellow turmeric paste. A small black stone cup holds a white pestle, and a black wooden box with yellow turmeric stains sits at right beside a silver tray. Scattered yellow turmeric powder dots the cloth. No people are visible; a blurred cloth-covered knee appears at the top edge. The setting suggests preparation of herbal medicine or aushadh.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA photograph of traditional herbal preparation on a striped pink, green and purple cloth. A stone mortar holds a thick yellow paste. A black wooden box with yellow markings and a yellow-coated tube sits at right, next to a small black stone cup and a grey stone cup at left, scattered with yellow powder. A silver-tone tray is in the background, and a person's dark-sleeved arm is partly visible at upper right. No deity or ritual setting is clearly shown.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a set of small stone mortars and pestles arranged on a striped multicolored cloth (purple, green, red, blue). Several bowls are grey or greenish stone, one is a hexagonal pale stone bowl with a cream pestle, and one black stone mortar with a pestle sits at the top right. A small bowl holds chopped green herbs. An ornate silver-embossed stand or tray is at the upper left. No people are visible; the setting appears to be a preparation area for herbal medicine.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesOverhead view of a set of traditional stone and wooden mortars and pestles arranged on a striped purple, green and red cloth. Several grey stone mortars of varying sizes, some with ivory-coloured pestles, sit beside a dark wooden mortar with a black pestle. A small bowl holds fresh green leaves. A silver-embossed box edges the left side and a yellow patterned cloth with white geometric line designs runs along the right. No people are visible.2017-09-07 +1 copies