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Close view of hands working over a striped cloth floor with enamel bowls and stone mortars. A woman in a red garment with a gold-and-black dark sari, bangles and a ring grinds and mixes powders; yellow turmeric-like powder stains her fingers. Bowls hold fine grey-white powder, a pale mixed paste, sandy powder and dark green liquid. A yellow-filled stone mortar sits at right. Ritual preparation of herbal powders.

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A photograph of a ritual preparation scene on a colourful striped cloth. Several enamel basins with red rims hold white powder, a pale grainy mixture, dark green liquid and yellow turmeric-like powder. Hands in gold-bordered dark clothing mix and press the substances, while a stone mortar with yellow powder and a grinding stone sits at the right edge. A partially visible person in red and gold sits at the left. Other people are visible only as hands and arms.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02Close view of a ritual preparation on a striped rug: a bare-legged person in a maroon-red dhoti with gold border and rudraksha beads sits cross-legged, holding a small object. In front are a large granite mortar with white crystals, and many pale green enamel bowls with red rims holding white powder, yellow turmeric powder, grey-green herbal powder, and small piles of white flower buds. Stone grinders, dark bowls of oil or liquid, and bundled incense sticks are also arranged on the cloth.2017-09-02September 02 20172017-09-02Close photo of an herbal preparation set-up on a striped cloth. A seated person in a maroon dhoti with a rudraksha bracelet grinds petals in a grey stone mortar. Nearby stone bowls hold white jasmine-like flowers and a green-rimmed bowl holds bright yellow turmeric powder, with a white powder bowl at left and a stone pestle at far left. The scene shows an aushadha medicine-making process with flowers and powders being prepared.2017-09-02A ritual scene on a striped cloth where a priest in a white dhoti with yellow border and white ash markings on his arms works beside a woman in a maroon sari wearing red rudraksha bracelets. They press yellow turmeric paste onto a dark stone yoni-shaped block with their hands. Around them are clay pots and bowls of dark liquid, a small brass deity murti, a grinding stone with pestle, a white flower garland, and a steel plate with rice and offerings. Several saffron-robed devotees sit in the background. The only visible hands are those of the priest and the woman; the scene suggests an abhishekam-type offering.2017-09-07 +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