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A covered outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof with fluorescent tube lights, where volunteers prepare food for a large gathering. Green metal tables are covered with rows of white idlis or rice cakes laid out on cloth. A man in a white sleeveless vest and white dhoti stands beside a steel pot, another man in white with a pink-and-white cloth over his shoulder works in the background, and a person in a bright orange wrap and blue skirt stands at the right with a steel vessel. Large steel cooking pots and a round steel tray sit on the floor, and a blue cloth backdrop with red and orange star-pattern motifs hangs behind the tables.

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A photograph of a large open-sided canopy hall with a corrugated metal roof and blue steel trusses, lit by fluorescent tubes, over a paved floor. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground and on green-framed tables. Several women in sarees stand at left, one in a teal saree and one in a yellow saree, while a woman in a pink saree carries a tray. A man in white clothes walks through the centre near two women in white and pale sarees. Patterned red and maroon cloth hangs as backdrop and a decorated red canopy stretches above the far side. Steel vessels are stacked at right. The setting suggests food preparation for a large gathering.2009-11-25A photo of an open-sided outdoor kitchen tent with a striped red, green, blue and orange canopy. Large stainless steel cooking pots and wide pans sit on the dirt floor, with sacks, cardboard boxes and plastic containers nearby. Several men in white vests and white dhotis work in the dim, lit-up tent; the foreground man stands beside a steel tub holding a ladle, while others tend pots near a long table of utensils. Hoses and rope guy lines are visible overhead.2012-01-04April 06 20122012-04-06January 04 20122012-01-04 +1 copiesA open-sided covered kitchen tent with a corrugated metal roof, where cooks prepare food for a large event. Large aluminium pots and steel vessels sit on portable stoves and low tables covered with flatbreads spread out to dry or cook. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the left by a large covered pot, while a woman in an orange sari stands at right beside a table of flatbread on a tawa. Behind them, a white building, palm trees and parked cars are visible, and red plastic chairs line the left edge. No swami or a person figure is visibly present in this view.2009-11-27Outdoor 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.2012-01-07August 07 20172017-08-07A covered outdoor kitchen tent at a relief camp, with large steel cooking pots set on portable stoves and steam rising. Several men in white hairnets and white shirts stir the pots and serve food, one holding a ladle and another a steel bowl. Men in white shirts, a red shirt and a dark vest stand behind them watching, one wearing an orange dhoti and a white shawl. Bags of supplies, steel tumblers and lidded pots fill the foreground, with palm trees and striped tent canopies beyond. This is an annadaan food service scene.2012-01-06Night-time community kitchen under a tent roofed with red, blue, green and purple striped cloth. A woman in a white sari with a white head cover and red forehead mark stirs a large black pot with a long ladle, lit by a bright lamp. Around her, several people in white clothes work at big steel pots, pans and buckets on the dirt ground, preparing food in bulk.2012-04-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor 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.2012-01-07November 27 20122012-11-27