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Close photo of a person in a maroon-red garment with a gold-bordered hem grinding yellow turmeric powder with a pestle in a dark grey stone mortar. A pale stone bowl filled with yellow powder sits at left and a mint-green enamel bowl of yellow powder is in the foreground, all on a striped multicoloured cloth. Only a hand, arm, and lower body are visible, so no face is shown.

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Close-up photo of a person seated on a striped cloth grinding yellow turmeric paste. Their hands, one wearing a gold bangle, press a dark stone pestle onto a dark grinding block, with yellow paste smeared over the block and dripping down its sides. Around them are a carved stone mortar filled with turmeric, a mint-green enamel bowl heaped with yellow powder, another enamel bowl with red rims, and small clay pots. The person wears a maroon dhoti with a gold border and a long rudraksha mala. Only hands, lower body and feet are visible, so no face is shown.2017-09-02Close photo of a ritual preparation on a striped cloth mat. A person in a rust-red garment with a gold border and a rudraksha mala sits beside a dark stone block and a bowl of yellow powder, grinding turmeric with a black pestle. Yellow powder spills over the block and around a pale stone mortar, and a mint-green enamel bowl of yellow powder sits in the foreground. Only the lower body, bare feet and a yellow-wrapped forearm are visible, so no face is shown. The scene suggests preparing turmeric powder for a ritual.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02 +1 copiesClose view of a priest in a maroon-red dhoti with gold border and a rudraksha mala grinding yellow turmeric paste in a dark stone mortar with a black pestle. Turmeric powder and paste cover the mortar's rim and a second stone bowl sits beside it. Only the hands, arms and lower body of the person are visible; no face shown.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a dark grey stone grinding slab with a black stone pestle resting in a mound of bright yellow powder. Behind it, a person in a rust-red robe wears a rudraksha mala with the hands partly visible at the top. A pale green bowl sits at the lower left edge, and a small purple logo appears in the upper left corner.2017-09-02Close view of an herbal preparation process on a colourful striped cloth. A person in a maroon garment with a gold border and beaded necklace grinds yellow turmeric-like powder with a wooden pestle in a dark stone mortar. Nearby stand a large carved stone bowl filled with yellow powder, a mint-green enamel bowl of powder in the foreground, a white enamel bowl and small stone vessels. Partial bare feet are visible at the right edge.2017-09-02Close photo of a grinding process: a person in a red-orange garment and rudraksha mala grinds yellow paste with a dark pestle inside a dark grey stone mortar, the paste oozing down its sides. A second stone mortar with yellow paste sits to the left on a striped cloth. Only hands, legs and torso are visible; no face shown.2017-09-02 +1 copiesSeptember 02 20172017-09-02A photograph of ritual preparation on a table covered with a striped cloth. In the foreground, stone mortars and pestles hold bright yellow turmeric paste, and a dark stone grinding block is also smeared with turmeric. A person in a maroon garment with a gold border reaches in from the top edge, dusting turmeric. On the right sit a silver container and a bowl of cooked rice with vegetables. No people's faces are visible, and no a person candidate is visible.2017-09-07 +1 copies