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Close-up photograph of a dark black stone block with a green swirling painted pattern on its top and a shallow well filled with thick yellow paste, which drips down its sides. Yellow powder and paste sit on a pale stone plate in the foreground, a metal spoon rests at the lower left, and a striped cloth lies beneath. Faint smoke rises at the top right. No people are visible.

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September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02Close-up photograph of a dark grey stone mortar in a ritual setting, its rim and sides dusted with bright yellow powder. A thick stream of yellow paste pours down from a long dark pestle or rod into the square cavity, which is filled with yellow powder. Blurred red and maroon cloth fills the background. No people are clearly visible.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02Close-up photograph of a dark grey stone mortar with a yellow powder heaped inside, a dark green pestle pressed into it. Green-yellow stain marks streak the stone edges. Blurred red cloth and a silver vessel appear in the background. No people are clearly visible; only a blurred red garment edge appears at the top, so the count is uncertain.2017-09-02Close-up photo of a dark stone mortar filled with a thick yellowish-green paste, being ground with a metal pestle held by a hand at the top left. Turmeric-yellow powder dusts the rim of the mortar and the black stone surface. Blurred silver vessel and cloth edges sit at the edges of the frame. This appears to be preparation of a herbal paste in a ritual or ayurvedic-style setting. No people's faces are visible and no a person candidate appears in the frame.2017-12-10Close-up photo of a dark grey stone yoni-pitha or square stone base being anointed with a thick yellow paste. Yellow powder and green-stained residue cover the edges of the stone. A blurred figure in a red-orange garment sits in the background beside silver ritual vessels.2017-09-02Close-up photograph of a dark stone mortar on a cloth-covered surface, holding a glossy olive-brown paste being stirred with a dark wooden pestle. Bright yellow turmeric powder is sprinkled around the rim of the mortar. A blurred silver vessel and a red and blue patterned cloth appear at the edges. No people are visible in the frame.2017-12-10September 02 20172017-09-02December 10 20172017-12-10Close 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 copies