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A man seated cross-legged on a striped cloth on the floor grinds yellow paste in a stone mortar with a pestle, surrounded by small stone and metal mortars, a metal box, and a steel plate of cooked food. He wears a leopard-print headwrap and a rust-red sleeveless tunic with a matching leopard-print waist sash, rudraksha bead bracelets and armbands, and a gold chain. A yellow tilak marks his forehead and a silver chair stands behind him. The setting is a dim hall with red wooden pillars. Swamiji (probable) by appearance cues: long hair under a patterned turban, ornate gold necklace and rudraksha adornments, performing Ayurvedic herbal preparation.

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