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Photograph of a floor laid with blue tarpaulins heaped with fresh vegetables in preparation for food offering. Piles of red tomatoes, orange carrots, green beans, small purple brinjals, brown ginger roots, loose green leafy greens, and potatoes fill the sections, with white cloth sacks and a steel plate among them. No people are visible in the scene. White wall and tiled floor form the background.

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Piles of fresh vegetables spread on a blue tarpaulin on a tiled floor: tomatoes and green beans at left, carrots in the centre, purple onions and potatoes at the top, and a large heap of brown ginger root at right. White and yellow sacks and a green mesh bag hold or sit beside the produce, with shredded lettuce scattered on the floor. No people are visible, and the scene appears to be food preparation for an annadan or community meal.2012-11-27A photograph of a produce pile on a blue tarpaulin, with mounds of round green cabbages, a heap of small red tomatoes, white radishes with green tops, and orange carrots scattered behind. Large white sacks sit in the foreground and a metal bowl appears at the top left. No people are visible in the scene.2012-01-06A large open-sided tent kitchen with a tarpaulin roof and striped awnings, lit by strip lights. Heaps of fresh vegetables, including green bitter gourd, orange carrots, pale squash, red tomatoes and green beans, lie on blue tarpaulins on the ground beside sacks of rice and flour. Volunteers in white clothing and green head coverings sit and prepare food at low tables, while others stand and move about in the background. This appears to be an annadaan food-preparation area.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A tiled storage room with white walls and a metal-framed ceiling with a ceiling fan. Heaps of vegetables are spread on blue tarpaulins across the floor, including red tomatoes or chillies, green leafy bunches, brown onions and potatoes. Large green mesh sacks of onions are stacked against the right wall, and white woven sacks marked UREA are piled on the left beside stacks of plastic crates and bags. No people are visible.2012-11-27January 06 20122012-01-06A covered outdoor relief kitchen under a dark tarpaulin roof on a flat, sandy site with palm trees beyond. Women in green and red saris and blue hair nets sit and work among heaps of produce: green okra-like pods, pale green gourds, red tomatoes and piles of fresh ginger on blue tarps. Large white sacks of rice or grain are stacked in the foreground, and steel cooking pots and tables are set up along the back. Several people are visible in the background, working around the stalls. No one is identifiable as a particular figure, and this is an everyday relief-camp scene rather than a ritual.2012-01-06A covered outdoor relief camp under a patterned tent canopy, with produce stacked on blue tarpaulins: piles of green okra, round green gourds, red tomatoes, ginger, carrots and other vegetables. Behind them, white sacks of supplies are piled up, and several people in white clothing and some in green head coverings work at tables and near a yellow van. Plastic chairs and wooden tables are arranged under the shade in the annadaan food distribution area.2012-01-06A photograph of a heap of fresh vegetables spread on the floor against a pale wall in a dim room. Piles of tomatoes, cauliflower, green cabbage, orange carrots, white radishes and green beans are arranged on a cloth, with a white plastic basket and a pink-and-white plastic jar in the foreground. No people are visible, and the scene appears to be an ashram kitchen or food preparation area.2006-10-29November 27 20122012-11-27A large tented food preparation area at night, lit by strip fluorescent tubes hung from poles under a tarpaulin roof. Heaps of produce cover blue tarps and the ground: orange carrots, bright green chillies or beans, red tomatoes, and piles of brown ginger or tubers, with white rice sacks stacked to the right. Volunteers in white clothes, some with green head caps, sit and stand at work tables and cook at the back of the tent, and a woman in an orange sari stands at centre. A striped and floral tent canopy runs along the right side.2012-01-06A photograph of a kitchen corner with a large heap of fresh vegetables on the floor: red tomatoes in a pile, green beans, cauliflower, cabbages, carrots, white radishes, green chillies and round green vegetables spread on sacks and a dark mat. A white plastic basket sits among them. On the right, a steel countertop holds steel pots, a kettle and a jug beside a white plastic bag and a red mesh basket, with a blue-flowered curtain at the edge. No people are visible.2006-10-29