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A photo of an open-sided tent kitchen at night, lit by tall fluorescent tube lights on poles. Several large metal cooking pots sit over wood fires burning on the ground, with smoke rising. A cluster of people in white clothes and white head caps work around the cooking area, and a few others sit on blue tarps and plastic bags, some wearing white and red-trimmed garments. The tent roof has a striped red, green and blue fabric edge.

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Night scene under a large open-sided tent with a striped red, green and blue canopy and bright tube lights on poles. Several large metal cooking pots sit over open wood fires, with smoke rising. Cooks in white caps and blue or yellow garments tend the pots, while people sit on the left on plastic chairs and benches, some in white shirts and red shawls. Steel bowls and utensils lie on tables at right. No a person candidate is visible; the scene shows volunteers preparing food for an annadaan meal service.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A dim open-sided tent at night lit by long tube lights hung from poles. Many people in white or light head coverings and aprons work at large steel pots and vessels on the ground, preparing food for a relief kitchen. Pots of chopped vegetables, green produce, and sacks of grain sit on blue tarps. Several seated people in plastic chairs and in mixed clothing, some in orange, look on. A small flame burns near the ground. Striped awning fabric runs along the side of the tent.2012-01-06A photograph of a large open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof, where volunteers cook a relief meal for an annadaan at a medical camp. Huge black cooking pots sit over open wood fires on the dirt floor, with steel vessels of vegetables and rice nearby, and tubelights hang from the beams. Several volunteers in white head coverings stand at the pots and tables. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a green head covering walks through the centre foreground, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti works on the right. Bags of rice and blue tarpaulins lie on the left.2012-01-06A photograph inside a dim open-sided tent used for communal food preparation. Large stainless steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the dirt floor among sacks, plastic bags, tins and a blue tarpaulin. A tent canopy with red, green and purple striped fabric and scalloped edging overhangs the scene, supported by wooden poles and rope guy lines. Fluorescent tube lights hang from the frame. Two men in white shirts and white caps or head cloths stand working near the pots, and a few other figures are partly visible in the background. The setting suggests an annadan food service at a relief camp.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07Night-time community kitchen under a tent roofed with red, blue, green and purple striped cloth. A woman in a white sari with a white head cover and red forehead mark stirs a large black pot with a long ladle, lit by a bright lamp. Around her, several people in white clothes work at big steel pots, pans and buckets on the dirt ground, preparing food in bulk.2012-04-06A large outdoor community kitchen under striped blue, green and white tarpaulin canopies at dusk. Many large aluminium cooking pots sit on metal stands and charcoal or gas burners, with steam rising from several of them. Several workers in white and red-trimmed clothing move between the pots, and fluorescent tube lights hang from the canopy poles. Stacked steel plates and metal vessels lie at the lower left. The scene looks like food preparation for mass annadhan, though no people are close enough to be clearly identified.2012-01-04Night outdoor kitchen at an annadaan food-service site. Large stainless steel cooking pots sit over open wood fires burning on the bare ground, with steam rising from one pot. Several workers in white head coverings and light clothing tend the cooking; a man in a white vest and dark lungi stands near the center, and others are seen at the left. Metal poles and a tarpaulin frame overhead, with a dark background.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06