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Outdoor relief kitchen under striped canopy tents at a cyclone relief camp in Kuttiyankuppam village, Pondicherry. A woman in a magenta sari with a blue blouse and hairnet stirs food in a steel pot over a large cooking vessel. Other women in orange and white saris work at pots, vessels and tables; a woman in an orange sari carries a green bucket. Large steel pots of cooking food and rice sit on the sandy ground beneath palm trees, as annadaan food service is prepared.

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A photograph of an outdoor food-distribution scene under a blue-and-white striped canopy. A woman in a yellow-green floral saree and a green hairnet ladles cooked rice from a large dark pot into a steel bowl. Beside her, a woman in a purple top and white hairnet stands at a steel cooking vessel with a lid, and a man in a plaid shirt stands in the foreground near a large black pot of rice. Several other workers in green and white head coverings and aprons work in the background among tables and chairs, with a tent and vehicle visible behind them.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 08 20122012-01-08January 04 20122012-01-04An outdoor community kitchen under a striped and patterned canvas awning. Large aluminium cooking pots with lids sit on dirt ground in the foreground, one with a yellow-tinged food inside. A woman in an orange-and-pink patterned sari and green hairnet stirs a pot, while a woman in a white sari and hairnet stands at right beside a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red cap. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with hairnets, work among sacks and plastic bags of supplies. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04Outdoor community kitchen under a corrugated metal roof with a palm grove behind. Several volunteers in white caps, aprons and white or patterned clothes stir and ladle food from large aluminium pots set over open wood fires with blackened ash. A woman in a yellow and orange sari stands at the centre, and a large steel drum in the foreground holds water. Coconut palms and a tarpaulin shelter are visible in the background.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor annadan food service under a striped canopy with colourful patterned cloths hanging behind. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, wearing a white hairnet and a red-and-yellow VOLUNTEER badge, stirs and ladles yellow rice from a large steel pot. Other large pots, steel containers and a portable stove sit on the dusty ground. Men in light shirts and a person in a green hairnet stand nearby, and cooking vessels line the foreground.2012-01-04