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Close photo of hands in the foreground, one wearing a wristwatch with a brown strap, pressing into a yellow-tinted paste inside a wide stone mortar. The person wears orange-saffron robes. Nearby on a striped purple, green and pink cloth sit a grey stone vessel, a small black stone bowl holding a white stone pestle, and an ornate silver-coloured box with a black cloth. This appears to be preparation of an herbal or ritual paste; no clear a person features are visible, only hands and robes.

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September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14 +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 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 +2 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesA photograph of a person seated on a leopard-print cloth, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold borders and rudraksha malas on the wrists and neck, grinding yellow herbal paste with a dark stone pestle in a shallow grey stone mortar. Green leafy stems lie beside the mortar, with a silver ornamental tray at the upper left, a blue bucket and small bowls of yellow powder at the lower left, and a small pale wooden figure of a deity standing on an animal in the foreground. The scene suggests a herbal preparation for an aushada rite.2017-08-29Close photo of an herbal preparation on a striped pink, green and purple cloth. A stone mortar holds a mound of yellow powder, and a dark stone pestle rests beside a small black stone cup holding a white stone object. A second grey stone bowl and a stone pestle lie in the foreground. A partially visible person in cream clothing kneels at left, reaching toward the powder with yellow-dusted hands. A silver tray and a dark carved box with yellow markings sit at right. Yellow powder is scattered across the cloth.2017-09-07 +1 copies