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Outdoor cooking area under a tarpaulin shelter for an annadhan food distribution. Large stacks of white rice sacks printed with purple lettering, partly reading MAHA NANDA or Nithyananda-related branding, sit on a yellow tarp in the foreground. Behind them, several men in white shirts and white caps stir and tend large steel and black cooking pots on burners, with gas cylinders and blue plastic drums nearby. A cameraman in a white shirt and headphones films from a tripod, and another man in a white shirt stands at right. Bright bunting flags hang along the top of the shelter and a hillside of red earth and green foliage forms the backdrop.

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Photo of an outdoor kitchen under a blue tarpaulin with a colourful bunting strip overhead, where food is being cooked for a large annadan meal. Stacked in the foreground are many white rice sacks printed with purple lettering and a green-and-blue label. A yellow tarpaulin lies beneath them, with purple plastic buckets and a steel pot in front. Behind, a man in a white shirt stands by large steel cooking pots on stands, while another man in a white shirt and a cap stirs a pot over a fire. A cameraman in a white shirt films from a tripod at the right, and a man in a white shirt stands beside him. A woman in an orange sari is at the left edge.2012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27A covered outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and a strip of colourful cloth, set on a paved floor beside a red earth bank and green foliage. Several workers, mostly men in lungis and head cloths, tend large black cooking pots on stoves and tables. In the foreground are stacked white and blue rice sacks, purple plastic tubs, steel vessels and a yellow tarp, consistent with a large-scale annadhan meal preparation.2012-11-27November 27 20122012-11-27January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor cooking area under a blue-and-red patterned tarpaulin canopy, with a bare hillside and green shrubs behind. Several men cook over large black and steel pots on portable stoves; one pot holds a bright red curry being stirred with a ladle in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and blue jeans stands at right, while men wear teal and blue head cloths, checked lungis and a purple shirt. Metal buckets, a gas cylinder and plastic bags sit on the ground. Sacks of rice are stacked at lower left.2012-11-27Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated roof on bare dirt ground at a relief camp. Large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on portable metal stoves and tripods, with a blue tarp holding white rice sacks and vegetables on the left. Several men in white caps and hairnets work among the pots; one in a white shirt and blue lungi stands at right, and others in orange or white cloths and mixed clothing move around the cooking area. Plastic chairs, a truck and parked vehicles appear in the background under palm trees.2012-01-06A photograph of a relief camp under a large canopy with purple scalloped edges and red, green and white striped side panels. Beneath it, a group of about a dozen volunteers in white short-sleeved shirts, grey trousers and white caps or head coverings stand with their backs to the camera, working near large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels set on the ground. Sacks of grain and rice are stacked on the right, alongside blue and red bags and cans. Other people in green headwear and saris move around the open-sided shelter and the cooking area in the background.2012-01-06Outdoor community kitchen under a large canopy with red, green, blue and purple striped edges and a paisley-patterned top. Several people in headcloths and hairnets work among steel cooking pots, pans and steamers on a dirt ground. A man in a plaid lungi stirs a huge pot over a stove, while others prepare food at a table of white grains and sacks of ingredients. A red gas cylinder and stainless steel containers sit nearby, with colourful patterned cloth hung along the side.2012-01-04A large outdoor community meal under a blue-and-purple striped canopy tent among green trees and a rocky hillside. Many devotees stand and queue in a crowd, some women wear white and coloured saris with flowers in their hair, and men wear white shirts and dhotis. In the foreground, workers in saffron-and-grey clothing tend large steel pots and vessels, and a man in an orange-trimmed vest works at a steel tub. Plastic chairs, bags of ingredients, oil tins and bulk containers sit on the ground beside the cooking area.2008-07-27