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Close photo of a preparation of a red and yellow paste in a granite grinding trough. A person's hand wearing a multi-strand rudraksha mala bracelet and a red thread bracelet presses into the paste. Two dark smooth stone pestles or grinding stones sit at the edge of the trough, and a smooth dark stone lingam-shaped object rests in the paste. Bare forearm and an orange cloth edge are visible at the left.

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August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29 +1 copiesAugust 29 20172017-08-29Close photo of a grinding stone trough, shallow and grey-speckled, holding a red-orange paste and dark smooth stones. A forearm wearing dark rudraksha beads and a red thread wrist band reaches into the paste at left. Two dark rounded stones rest at the right and one sits on the trough rim. Yellow turmeric-like powder dusts the stone. Only a hand and arm are visible, so no full person is shown.2017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29A photo of a seated person in orange-red robes preparing an aushada paste in a granite stone trough filled with bright red-orange paste. Their hands, smeared with the same orange paste, work over the trough while dark stones lie beside it. Rudraksha malas hang on their wrist and neck. Behind them is an ornate silver stand, and at right are silver trays of white powder with a dark pile, along with small bowls of yellow-white ingredients and green leaves. The scene shows a spiritual alchemy ritual preparation.2017-08-29Close 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.2017-08-29Close-up photo of hands grinding a yellow and red paste in a flat-bottomed granite mortar with a dark stone pestle. Two smooth dark grinding stones sit in the mortar beside the paste. The person wears a reddish-brown cloth and a rudraksha bracelet on the left wrist. Turmeric-yellow and vermilion-red powders coat the mortar and fingers. No face is visible, and no one can be identified from the frame.2017-08-29 +1 copiesAugust 29 20172017-08-29August 29 20172017-08-29