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A dusty village dirt road with people queuing for food distribution. In the foreground a small toddler in a coral-pink dress stands holding a white plate and a steel vessel. Behind her, a woman in a cream saffron-bordered sari with a red-and-white border holds a steel pot, facing a woman in a green patterned sari. To the right, a woman in a pink floral sari and a girl in an orange dress holding a plate of food stand among other women in saris and children. Dry straw lies at the roadside, and a partial orange banner is visible in the background.

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Outdoor village relief scene under large shady trees with dry ground. A woman in a teal saree holds a metal bowl and serves food, while younger girls in cotton dresses and a girl in a red top hold paper plates of rice. Men in white dhotis and shirts stand nearby, and a woman in a red saree and white head cover works at a green vehicle behind them, with a tall orange flag visible. Some people are gathered in a line receiving annadaan, a free meal distribution.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA crowd of villagers queues along a dirt road beside a low yellow building, collecting food from a vehicle's open rear hatch. Volunteers in pale blue hair caps and an orange-striped sari serve yellow rice from a large steel pot into paper plates held out by men in white shirts and lungis. Elderly women in saris and children stand in the press, and a goat is visible at the right edge.2012-01-06Crowded outdoor relief distribution in a rural village with thatched straw walls behind. Villagers, mostly women in saris and salwar kameez in teal, pink, orange, yellow and red, crowd forward holding out steel bowls and plates toward a white vehicle. A man in a white shirt stands at the vehicle, and a small boy in an orange shirt holds a steel plate at the right edge. Dry branches and sticks lie in the foreground. The scene suggests an annadaan food distribution during cyclone relief in Kuttiyankuppam.2012-01-06A photograph of an annadaan food distribution at a village camp. In the foreground a young woman in a light blue brocade salwar kameez with silver-edged sleeves carries a steel plate of yellow rice, her gaze lowered. Behind her a woman in a green saree with a yellow blouse holds a steel bowl of food, and a crowd of villagers in colourful sarees and striped lungis queues nearby under leafy branches. The scene is a community meal service.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07Photograph of a relief food distribution outdoors among tarpaulin shelters and fallen palm debris. In the foreground, a woman in a floral pale-blue and white sari holds a steel plate of yellow rice, and a woman in a brown and orange patterned sari with red bangles holds a large steel bowl of yellow rice. A small boy in a green top stands between them, and a young woman in green is behind. Several other people crowd the background, and a man in a maroon shirt is at left. Annadan food service in an emergency relief setting.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA relief food distribution along a railway embankment. A long line of villagers, mostly women and children, stand holding steel pots, bowls and containers while a young woman in a white top and orange-red skirt, and an older woman in a dark green sari with a red-patterned border, serve food. Other women wear red, yellow and grey saris and bangles. Behind them stand a thatched shelter, green shrubs and a wooden railway barrier. No identifiable a person is visible, and the scene shows annadan-style food relief.2012-01-03January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesRelief distribution on a roadside after a cyclone. Two men in white uniforms and head coverings stand on the flatbed of an orange-brown truck, ladling food from pots into bowls held by a line of villagers. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, stands at left directing the line. Women in colourful saris and a girl in a yellow frilled dress and a girl in orange with a flower garland hold bowls and a steel container. Bent palm trees and fallen branches line the road. A banner on the truck shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and the scene is a relief meal under the windy sky.2012-01-06