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Two men cook in an outdoor kitchen beside a red brick wall and a pile of firewood. In the foreground a large steel pot of brown curry with chopped vegetables is stirred with a long metal ladle held by a smiling man in a white dhoti, dark navy vest and orange-pink shawl. Behind him a man in white shirt and white apron, with a white hairnet, stands beside a second steel pot and an identity badge. A dark rudraksha-less plain setting; this is a community food preparation scene.

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A man in a white shirt and white apron, wearing a white hairnet and glasses, stirs a large steel cooking pot of brownish food with a long wooden paddle. Behind him is a brick-red wall, a pile of firewood and a large metal cooking vessel. To the right, an older man in a white dhoti with a dark blue border and an orange-pink shawl looks on. This appears to be community kitchen cooking, with the cook's apron and hairnet marking hygienic food preparation.2019-01-20January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a relief kitchen with large steel cooking vessels releasing thick steam. In the foreground, a man in a white shirt and checked lungi, wearing a light green hairnet, stirs a huge pot with a long red-handled ladle. Several other workers in white shirts and green head coverings stand in the background among pots and buckets, with trees visible behind a tarpaulin-covered shelter.2012-01-07Outdoor community kitchen under a striped canopy in a courtyard with white walls. Several men stir a large steaming aluminium cooking pot with long metal ladles, one in a grey shirt and checked lungi, one bare-chested with a yellow-and-white head cloth, and others in white shirts and head coverings. Red LPG gas cylinders sit beside the pots, with more steel vessels and food preparation behind them. A man in white dhoti with a gold border stands at left. The scene shows bulk food preparation for annadhanam.2012-01-04Outdoor food service at a large annadanam camp under a tarpaulin canopy. Two men stir and serve cooked rice from a large stainless steel cauldron on bare ground; the man on the left wears a green hairnet and a striped white shirt, the man on the right wears a green hairnet, a white t-shirt and grey trousers and a beaded necklace. Behind them many metal pots and vessels sit on the ground, and a striped blue-and-white tent and a few people in orange and white clothing stand in the background. A bowl of rice sits in the foreground.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04November 27 20122012-11-27Outdoor community cooking station for cyclone relief, set in hazy early light amid uprooted palms and debris. Several men and women cook over open wood fires in large dark metal pots and pans. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi stirs a pot, while others in headcloths and green or pink head covers tend fires and vessels. A steel lota with red marking sits in front. Scattered aluminium containers and wooden poles surround the makeshift kitchen.2012-01-07A 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.2012-01-06A photograph of a large kitchen where volunteers cook food for an annadaan meal. In the foreground a huge stainless steel pot of curry sits on the floor, and steam billows around it. A woman in a purple sari with a red head covering stirs with a long metal ladle, while a man in an orange shirt and white head covering stirs another pot beside her. Other workers in white hairnets stand nearby, and stacked metal containers and steel vessels line the wall at left. No a person is visible in the scene.2012-01-06November 27 20122012-11-27