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Close-up photo of a person's hands and lap during an herbal preparation. The person wears a rust-red and gold-bordered cloth and a rudraksha mala on the wrist, with a gold chain visible at the left. One hand holds a small white-and-green jar with a white lid, while the other hand, dusted with pale powder, is raised above a stone mortar dusted with yellow powder. A dark pestle and a dark grinding stone sit in the blurred foreground. Only the hands and lap are visible, so no face is shown.

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Close-up photo of a person's hands grinding herbs in a shallow stone mortar with a dark stone pestle. The person wears rudraksha mala bracelets on both wrists, a red thread on one wrist, and rust-orange cloth. A small tin or jar of powder is held in the other hand, and yellow powder dusts the mortar and the fingers. A dark metal rod lies beside the mortar. The setting suggests an Aushada herbal preparation with a yellow powder, though no person's face is visible.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29September 07 20172017-09-07 +2 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual grinding of herbs for an aushada preparation. A person in an orange-brown robe with a shawl sits at the left, their hand with a dark rudraksha mala on the wrist pressing a stone pestle into a yellow-dusted granite mortar. Beside it sit two dark grey smooth stones, one large and one small, and a white bowl with a blue handle lies at the bottom edge. Turmeric powder dusts the mortar rim. The setting suggests a spiritual alchemy herbal preparation.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29September 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 copiesClose-up photo of a ritual preparing herbal paste in a worn grey-speckled stone mortar. A pair of hands in rust-orange cloth sleeves, wearing dark rudraksha bracelets, holds a dark wooden pestle or grinding stick in the yellow paste. A dark grey stone lies in the left of the mortar, with green leaves at the upper left. The yellow paste fills the basin. A person's hands are visible; no face is shown.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose view of a ritual preparation on a striped cloth. A person seated in a maroon-red garment with a gold-edged border has a hand raised, holding and sprinkling yellow turmeric powder; a gold bangle is visible on the wrist. Beside them sits a stone mortar filled with turmeric paste, with a green enamel bowl of loose yellow turmeric powder in front and a white enamel bowl of coarse salt at left. Several small dark clay bowls and a mortar sit on the cloth.2017-09-02