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Photograph of cyclone relief food distribution on a dirt road beside damaged village houses with tiled roofs and palm trees. A small white pickup truck has an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam with Tamil text, and a Tamil caption on the banner. A woman in a light blue top and green head covering and a man in a grey shirt and white cap stand on the truck bed, serving food into steel containers held out by a crowd of children and adults. Children in red, blue, yellow and striped shirts and a girl in a red dress press forward with steel plates and tumblers. A teenager in a white shirt stands at the top left, and an older woman in grey holds a steel container.

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January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a cyclone relief food distribution in a rural village. A white pickup truck with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Tamil text, with a portrait of a bearded saffron-robed figure, is parked beside a thatched hut. Volunteers in white clothes and white head coverings, one in a blue shirt, stand in the truck bed handing out food. A man in an orange shirt and white shorts stands on the tailgate. Villagers in saris, including a woman in a yellow sari and a woman in a red and blue sari, hold plates and queue at the truck, while a boy in a striped shirt and a young child watch nearby. Palm trees and a dry leaf-thatched roof frame the scene.2012-01-06Relief 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.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA relief distribution in a village street. An orange-and-yellow three-wheeled utility vehicle is parked with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Work in English and Tamil, with a portrait of a smiling woman on the banner. A woman in a teal head covering and white top stands on the vehicle's tray, while another woman in a blue head covering leans over it handling a steel vessel. A girl in a yellow top and a boy in a green top reach toward the tray holding a steel pot and a small paper item, and a man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands nearby. Several women walk along the dusty road past bare trees and palms, and a distant house with a white railing is visible.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of villagers queuing at a roadside to receive food from a vehicle decorated with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A man in white clothes and a green cap stands on the vehicle handing out food, while another man in a yellow shirt and a man in a checked shirt pass out containers. Women in yellow, red, pink and teal saris and children crowd forward holding steel plates and bowls held up to receive food. Palm trees and a plain pale green house stand behind, with a concrete building to the left.2012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copies