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A photograph of a relief kitchen with large steel cooking vessels releasing thick steam. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and checked lungi, wearing a light green hairnet, stirs a huge pot with a long red-handled ladle. Several other workers in white shirts and green head coverings stand in the background among pots and buckets, with trees visible behind a tarpaulin-covered shelter.

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Outdoor community cooking station for cyclone relief, set in hazy early light amid uprooted palms and debris. Several men and women cook over open wood fires in large dark metal pots and pans. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi stirs a pot, while others in headcloths and green or pink head covers tend fires and vessels. A steel lota with red marking sits in front. Scattered aluminium containers and wooden poles surround the makeshift kitchen.2012-01-07Outdoor relief kitchen under a corrugated metal canopy at night, lit by bright white floodlights, with steam rising from large steel cooking pots set on iron stoves. A man in a light green shirt and checked lungi holds a long ladle over a big steel pot of food, while another man in an orange shirt, pink head cloth and checked lungi stands beside stacked steel vessels. A red LPG gas cylinder sits between the stoves. A colourful patterned cloth hangs at the upper left, and a green mini truck and parked white vehicle appear in the background among palm trees. Several people in white are visible further back among tables. The scene reflects cyclone relief cooking in progress.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06November 27 20122012-11-27Outdoor relief kitchen under a blue-and-white tarpaulin canopy with large steaming aluminium cooking pots set on portable stoves. Men in white vests and checked lungis stir the food with long wooden paddles, wearing green head caps. A man bends over a pot in the centre. Onlookers in light shirts, sarongs and a woman in a blue sari stand around. Steel vessels and a small tray of sweets sit on a table nearby, with a gas cylinder at lower left. This shows food preparation for annadan distribution.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped blue, green, pink and white canopy, with steam rising from large steel cooking pots set on portable burners. Several women in red and orange saris and men in white shirts and hairnets stir and ladle food from the big pots, with more workers and passersby visible in the background tents and open ground.2012-01-07Outdoor community kitchen under a striped canopy in a courtyard with white walls. Several men stir a large steaming aluminium cooking pot with long metal ladles, one in a grey shirt and checked lungi, one bare-chested with a yellow-and-white head cloth, and others in white shirts and head coverings. Red LPG gas cylinders sit beside the pots, with more steel vessels and food preparation behind them. A man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at left. The scene shows bulk food preparation for annadhanam.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07