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A photo of a person seated cross-legged on a striped multicolour cloth, grinding yellow turmeric powder in a stone mortar with a dark pestle. The person wears a rust-red garment with gold border, a black-and-white patterned shawl over one shoulder, and beaded rudraksha-style bracelets on both wrists. Around them are grey stone and metal pots, a small black metal box, a brass plate and bowls, and a small white stone object. A second person's arm is partly visible at the left edge.

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September 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 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07A 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.2017-09-07 +2 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesAugust 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29 +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.2017-08-29September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-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.2017-09-07 +1 copies