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Close photo of a person's hands working in a grey stone mortar at a ritual preparation, with dark herbal material and a reddish-brown paste inside. Smoke or steam rises around the stone, and a wrist wears red thread and a strand of dark rudraksha beads. Nearby are dark rounded stones or pestles and a yellowish-stained stone edge. Background is blurred with a bronze-toned object at upper right. Only hands and forearm are visible; no face is shown.

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August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29Close photo of a person's forearm and hand, wearing a rudraksha mala bracelet and a red thread, working over a grey granite stone trough. The trough holds a mixture of yellow turmeric-like powder, reddish-brown herbal paste and dark wet material, with several large dark smooth stones beside it. The person wears a rust-orange cloth. Soft smoke or steam hangs over the scene. Only the arm and hand are visible, so no face is shown.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29Close-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.2017-08-29Close view of hands in orange robes grinding dark stone with a stone pestle on a flat granite slab during an herbal preparation. Rudraksha bracelets are visible on the wrists, and a red thread is tied around one wrist. Two large dark stones sit beside the slab, and a plate of green leaves rests at the right edge. A silver-toned ornamented base is visible at the top. A small metal pot sits at the bottom edge. Only partial limbs of one person are visible, so the count is one.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29Close view of a person in an orange-brown saffron garment seated on the floor, one hand with a red and brown beaded bracelet pouring or spreading a liquid over a grey stone grinding block. Two dark grey stones rest on the block beside a shallow pool of golden-orange liquid, and a small white cup with a blue rim sits in the foreground. A brass bowl of green herbs and a brass kalasha-style vessel appear at the right edge, with a silver tray in the background. The scene reflects an herbal aushada preparation ritual.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29