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A photo of hands grinding turmeric powder in a stone mortar on a striped multicoloured cloth. Two adult hands with gold bangles press a paste into a carved grey stone mortar, with yellow turmeric dust scattered around. On the right a dark stone grinding block with a yellow-smeared pestle and a yellow-coated cylindrical roller sits beside a silver-toned box. Small grey and white stone mortars sit in the foreground. A red-clad arm with rudraksha beads appears at the upper right edge, and no face is visible. The setting is a ritual preparation of herbal medicine.

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Close photo of hands grinding yellow turmeric paste on a flat stone grinding slab (ammi) on a striped pink, green and purple cloth. A dark stone mortar with a yellow-smeared pestle sits to the right, a small black stone cup with a white pestle is in front, and a silver-toned box is behind. The hands wear gold bangles; a person in a red garment with rudraksha beads is partly visible at the upper right. Turmeric powder is scattered across the cloth. Ritual ingredient preparation.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose photo of hands grinding turmeric or herbs with a stone pestle in a flat stone mortar on a striped cloth. Gold bangles on the wrists. Beside it a dark stone mortar with a wooden pestle, both dusted with yellow powder, and small dark cups and stone pieces nearby. Preparation of aushadh medicine.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +2 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 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 copies