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A blend of herbs and spices for homemade <n>masala chai</n>. Photo by <n>AG</n>.

A 2021 portrait of model <n>Natasha Thasan</n> with jasmine flowers in her hair, photographed by <n>Thanuska</n>.

Actor <n>Aishwarya Rai Bachchan</n> as <n>Binodini</n> in <n>Rituparno Ghosh</n>'s 2003 film, <n>Chokher Bali</n>.

<n>Yoga Shiva Shakti</n> by artist <n>soumiri</n>.

An early morning view of the <n>Taj Mahal</n> in Agra. Photo by <n>Gavin Hambly</n>, 1968.

<n>Untold element</n> (1965), a painting by Indian artist <n>Tyeb Mehta</n>.

A diagram from <n>Sim D. Kehoe</n>'s "<n>The Indian Club Exercise</n>" (1866).

Animation of the goddess <n>Mahālakṣmī</n> for <n>Diwali</n> by <n>Jahnavi</n> of <n>Samādhi Collective</n>.

<n>Bharat Mata</n> (1905) by artist <n>Abanindranath Tagore</n>, a key work of the <n>Bengal School of Art</n>.

A 1992 photograph by <n>Pamela Singh</n> of women participating in the <n>Chipko Movement</n> in India.

A photograph by <n>NelSon ViJi</n> from his series <n>Sea Within</n>.

17th century frescos inside the <n>Amber Palace</n> in Jaipur.

Spiritual guru <n>Anandamayi Ma</n> (1896-1982) in Siddhasana, or the perfect pose.