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Close-up photograph of a ritual preparation. A person in a red-maroon silk garment with gold border sits cross-legged on a purple striped cloth, pounding yellow paste with a white pestle in a stone mortar. Several grey stone vessels and a silver-coloured ornate container sit nearby, and a wooden implement lies on the left. A flame is visible at the right edge, and a figure in orange clothing and wrist bangles is partly visible at the top. The scene suggests preparation of herbal or turmeric-based material.

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September 07 20172017-09-07A close photograph of a grinding ritual on a striped pink, green and white cloth. A person in a deep maroon garment with a gold-bordered hem, wearing rudraksha bracelets on the wrist, pounds yellow turmeric paste in a stone mortar with a yellow-stained pestle. Beside it sit a grey stone mortar and pestle, a dark stone box dusted with yellow powder, a small black mortar, and a patterned clay vessel. The yellow paste suggests herbal aushadh preparation.2017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +2 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesSeptember 07 20172017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photograph of a preparation of herbal remedies on a striped pink, teal and white cloth. A person seated in deep red-maroon garments with a gold-bordered hem sits behind the setup, their wrists wearing red rudraksha-style beaded bracelets and their hands stained yellow with turmeric paste. In front, a large grey stone grinding mortar holds yellow turmeric powder with a matching yellow pestle, a smaller black stone mortar sits beside a white pestle, and a black stone block with a pestle is marked with yellow turmeric lines. Small clay and stone bowls, a silver dish and a bowl of cooked rice with vegetables sit around the cloth.2017-09-07 +1 copiesA photo of a person grinding yellow turmeric paste in a stone mortar with a white pestle, sitting on a colourful striped cloth. Visible wrists wear multiple rudraksha malas with red threads. Beside the mortar are dark ceramic pots holding dark liquid, a white pestle resting on the cloth, and a black stone mortar with a white pestle in the background. Scattered turmeric powder covers the cloth. The scene suggests preparation of an herbal remedy.2017-09-07 +1 copiesClose-up photo of a person in an orange-red garment with a gold-bordered cloth seated behind a dark stone grinding block coated in yellow-green herbal paste. Two dark pestles rest in the paste, a round grey stone muller and a yellow-handled tool sit on a flat stone slab, and fresh green herb sprigs lie in a dark bowl at left. Rows of shallow metal bowls holding powders are blurred in the background. The person wears a silver-chain necklace of wooden beads and a silver-handled object at right. The scene shows herbal medicine preparation with aushadha being ground.2017-09-14 +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 copiesSeptember 14 20172017-09-14 +1 copiesA photo of a person seated cross-legged on a striped multicolour cloth, grinding yellow turmeric powder in a stone mortar with a dark pestle. The person wears a rust-red garment with gold border, a black-and-white patterned shawl over one shoulder, and beaded rudraksha-style bracelets on both wrists. Around them are grey stone and metal pots, a small black metal box, a brass plate and bowls, and a small white stone object. A second person's arm is partly visible at the left edge.2017-09-07 +1 copies