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Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin with a colourful painted banner behind it. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a green hairnet stirs a large black wok of frying food on a portable gas stove. Beside him a man in white shirt and dhoti works at the left, and a woman in a maroon printed sari with a green hairnet stands at right, hands on hips, beside a large steel pot. Steel vessels, bowls, plastic bottles and a red gas cylinder are on the counter and ground, with a corrugated sheet and scrap metal behind.

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A photograph of a kitchen at an outdoor relief camp, where volunteers prepare food for an annadaan meal. In the foreground a large black wok sits on a metal stove with frying food in oil. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and a black cord around his neck stands bare-chested, tending the pan. A woman in a green hair net and purple top bends over the cooking area, while a woman in a maroon patterned sari with a beaded necklace and bangles stirs a large aluminium pot. Steel vessels, plastic cans and bottles, and a colourful painted cloth sit around the stalls. A man in a striped shirt stands at left with an ID badge.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy in a cyclone-damaged village. Five cooks in green head nets prepare food on portable gas stoves: a woman in a patterned sari stirs a large wok, a man in a white shirt and white cloth stands at the stove, and others serve from steel pots and trays. A red LPG gas cylinder, steel containers and plastic jugs sit on the concrete floor. Behind them, scattered wooden planks and corrugated metal from collapsed structures are visible. A woman in a maroon sari stands at the right holding a ladle. No swami or identifiable leader appears.2012-01-06A open-air food preparation tent with a red patterned canopy and painted cloth walls. Several men in white dhotis and shirts cook rice in large steel pots on portable gas stoves; one man in a white shirt stirs yellow rice with a ladle in the centre. Other workers in white and green headcloths tend pots nearby, and red LPG cylinders sit on the ground. The scene suggests a community annadan kitchen.2012-01-03January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A large outdoor cooking tent at night with a patterned red and orange canopy and a painted cloth backdrop. Several large stainless steel cooking pots sit on metal stands fed by red LPG gas cylinders, with steam rising from them. Four men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with white head cloths and green caps, tend the pots while another worker in a checked lungi bends over sacks at right. The ground is strewn with broken bricks. This appears to be a relief food preparation area for annadan distribution.2012-01-03August 05 20092009-08-05January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A open-sided outdoor kitchen tent with a striped canvas roof and orange patterned cloth hangings, used for large-scale cooking. Several men and women work around big steel cooking pots set on metal stands, some in white shirts, one man in a green head covering and a white towel over his shoulder stirring a pot. Stainless steel pots and buckets with yellow-stained contents sit on the packed dirt floor, along with a red gas cylinder and a steel tray of food on the right. A white-walled building stands behind the tent. The scene shows communal food preparation.2012-01-03A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04Outdoor food-preparation under a red, patterned cloth canopy with white posts and a painted backdrop. A large steel cooking vessel sits on a metal stand while men in white dhotis and white shirts stir and serve food with long ladles. A bald man in a white dhoti with a gold-bordered shawl and a light shawl over his shoulder stands at the centre-right with headphones on, while a man in a maroon shirt and white dhoti bends over steel pots at the right. A woman in a yellow sari and head covering with a blue-green cap stands at the left. Red gas cylinders and steel vessels are on the ground, with a sack at the centre-left.2012-01-04