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Outdoor relief scene on bare ground near palm trees under overcast sky. Three large metal pots hold stacks of crumpled silver foil packets. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt, with a green-and-gold edged cloth, stands at left holding a booklet. Beside him, a man in a white dhoti and yellow-bordered shawl holds packets. A man in a beige short-sleeved shirt holds a white packet. A woman in a green headscarf sits at a table with steel cups. A wooden pole and a cluster of motorcycles are visible behind them. Four people are visible.

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January 01 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesJanuary 03 20122012-01-03Outdoor relief camp on a dirt ground under palm trees and a striped awning. Four men in saffron-orange robes stand together, one in an orange cap at centre, smiling and gesturing. Beside them an older man in white dhoti and shawl and a younger man in a white kurta stand in front of large steel pots filled with foil-wrapped packets. Background shows more white-clad people, a motorcycle and debris from storm damage.2012-01-03A photograph of a food-distribution scene outdoors beside a parked truck with wooden slatted sides. A large dark metal pot in the foreground holds many individually wrapped foil packets. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas stand around, some wearing white hair nets or caps; one older man in a white kurta wears a striped yellow-and-orange head wrap and glasses, with a lanyard around his neck. A young man in a striped polo shirt talks on a mobile phone, and another man in a dark shirt with an ID badge gestures. Palm trees and a bright dusty ground appear in the background, with a second metal pot at the lower right.2012-01-04Outdoor relief-camp scene on bare ground beneath palm trees and a striped tent canopy. A man in an orange turban, orange upper cloth and orange dhoti stands centre, gesturing with one hand and smiling. Around him, several men in white dhotis and white shirts or shawls stand talking; one holds a rudraksha mala. Two large steel pots in the foreground are filled with foil-wrapped packets, and cooking vessels and drums are visible behind. Men in white are attendants or devotees.2012-01-02Outdoors on bare ground, three men in white shirts carry a large dark metal cooking vessel filled with foil-wrapped food packets, one man in the foreground bending forward to lift it. Behind them a shirtless man in white dhoti with a red cloth and a mala stands near a green-painted cart and a teal container, and a figure in a red-and-white outfit and an orange-patterned tent canopy appear in the background. The scene suggests annadhan food packing and distribution.2012-01-04January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of relief work in a coastal village with palm trees and a grey sky. A young man in a white dhoti and a white cloth draped over his shoulder, with a rudraksha-style bead mala, stands at the rear of a blue-slatted truck bed, bending over a large aluminium pot filled with silver foil-wrapped food packets. Beside him a worker in a maroon-patterned lungi and white shirt, wearing a green hairnet, reaches into the pot. Several men in white shirts and white hairnets crowd around the pot, while a row of tall palms and a small motorbike sit in the background. Orange flags and an orange-and-white cloth decorate the truck.2012-01-03Outdoor relief work on bare dirt ground beside a parked truck with an orange banner reading 'Thane Cyclone Relief Works'. Two men in white wear hairnets and plastic gloves while packing food. The man on the left wears a white dhoti with gold border and a long braid, leaning over a shallow steel vessel of foil-wrapped packets. The man on the right wears a white shirt and white trousers and bends over a large steel pot of foil packets. Two other partial figures stand at the edges, and metal pots sit in the background.2012-01-03A night-time food preparation scene at an outdoor relief camp. In the foreground, an elderly man in a white dhoti and a light blue-green towel sits on an orange plastic chair with his hands over a large steel pot filled with crumpled silver foil packets. Beside him, an older man in white dhoti and cream shawl with a red-bordered edge points into the pot. Behind them, several people in white saris and white clothing work at a long steel table with metal cups and utensils, under a bright lamp. A man in a checked shirt bends over a second steel vessel, and a worker in a grey uniform stands at the left edge.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03Outdoor photo at dusk beneath palm trees, with a striped cloth canopy at upper left. A man in an orange saffron robe and matching orange turban stands centre, smiling, walking across dirt ground past a row of white-clad men in dhotis and white shirts. Three large metal cauldrons filled with silver foil-wrapped packets sit in the foreground. A man in white shirt and dhoti at right, and an older man in white with a shawl and a green booklet, look on. The orange-robed man is an appearance-based candidate for Swamiji (probable), identified by his saffron-orange robe and turban, a qualifying cluster of cues; he is physically present. Other people are in white ritual or everyday clothes.2012-01-03