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Close photograph of an aushadha preparation at a low table covered with a green and multicoloured striped cloth. A hand in a rust-red garment with a red and beaded wrist mala picks up fresh green herb leaves from a wooden box. Nearby sit a woven wicker basket, a grey stone mortar, a small stone bowl of yellow powder and a bowl of white paste, and a stone pestle rests on a dark stone grinding slab. The person seated behind wears rust-red and gold-bordered robes and a beaded mala. Only partially visible people; the scene is focused on the herbs and ritual preparation tools.

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September 14 20172017-09-14September 14 20172017-09-14September 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14 +2 copiesA photograph of a person seated on a leopard-print cloth, wearing a rust-orange dhoti and shawl with gold borders and rudraksha malas on the wrists and neck, grinding yellow herbal paste with a dark stone pestle in a shallow grey stone mortar. Green leafy stems lie beside the mortar, with a silver ornamental tray at the upper left, a blue bucket and small bowls of yellow powder at the lower left, and a small pale wooden figure of a deity standing on an animal in the foreground. The scene suggests a herbal preparation for an aushada rite.2017-08-29September 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesClose photo of a seated person in a rust-red and gold-bordered garment grinding a yellow paste in a black stone mortar with a dark pestle. Silver-toned ornate sticks and a rudraksha-style bead mala rest at the wrist and waist. Nearby sit a stone mortar with a pestle, small bowls of yellow powder, fresh green leaves and a sprig of herb, and additional mortars and pestles in the foreground. Only partial hands and arms are visible, so the person's identity cannot be determined from the image.2017-09-14 +1 copiesAugust 29 20172017-08-29September 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copies