Skip to content
Nithyanandapedia
Outdoor relief camp under tall coconut palms in a village setting, with a corrugated metal shelter over a row of cooking and serving stations. Volunteers in white clothing and head coverings tend large pots, and smoke rises from the cookfire. In the foreground, orange-and-cream delivery trucks are parked on dirt, one labelled Balaji with a Tamil sign, another with a sign reading Gayatri, and people in plain shirts and dhotis walk past. Saffron flags flutter at the edges and black tubs sit on the ground.

More like this

Open the gallery
A dusty dirt lane runs between open-sided tin-roofed relief stalls and a row of parked vehicles under tall coconut palms, with smoke drifting from cooking fires at the left. Orange and white trucks are loaded with large cooking vessels and crates; the foreground truck bears the name Palaji and a Tamil sign, and a yellow truck carries a Tamil banner. A few men in shirts and dhotis stand and talk near the trucks, and a man in a white shirt unloads a green truck while a child sits on the ground. Orange-saffron banners hang on the vehicles, and scattered litter lies on the ground.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A dirt road lined with palm trees runs past a open-sided shelter of thatched and tarpaulin roofing where people sit among large metal basins and pots. Several orange and yellow Tata-style light trucks are parked in a row, with cream cabs and open green and orange cargo beds; the front truck shows a Tamil-script sign. A red flag flies on a pole at left. Some people stand or crouch by the trucks on the right, and a few more are near the shelter in the background. Overcast sky, storm-bent palms, and scattered debris mark a post-cyclone relief setting.2012-01-06Outdoor relief staging area under a corrugated metal shelter beside palm trees and a grey sky. In the centre a green and orange small truck has a windshield portrait of a saffron-robed figure and a green sign reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Behind it stand orange banners and a yellow truck with similar portraits. On the right, several people in white caps and light clothing work around a table with sacks and boxes. Storm-damaged trees appear in the background.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof in a sandy village yard, with large steel cooking pots and vessels on the ground and a counter at right. A brown truck at left carries a red-and-white banner showing a smiling man with a saffron turban and Tamil text; the banner's portrait is printed, not a physical person. In the foreground a bald man in a saffron-orange robe with a dark backpack stands beside a man in a white shirt and beige trousers. Several people wear white or blue shirts and green or white head coverings while serving and working around the pots. Palm trees and broken branches show storm damage in the background.2012-01-06Outdoor relief scene on a dirt road beside a corrugated metal shelter, with several trucks parked nearby, including a white pickup carrying a large orange banner showing a bearded figure in an orange turban and the words Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. Several people in white clothing and surgical-style caps stand around the vehicles, including a woman in an orange sari and a woman in a red sari at left. A man in a striped shirt walks past in the centre. Palm and bare trees line the road under an overcast sky, with small orange flags on poles. The banner figure is a printed depiction, not a person physically present in the scene.2012-01-06A photograph of a relief distribution site in a cyclone-hit village, with a large open-sided tin-roofed shelter supported by bamboo poles. Several trucks and vans are parked in front, including a green truck, a blue-sided truck with an orange banner, and a yellow van, with orange flags fluttering. A crowd of men stands along a metal fence and at the shelter, some in white shirts and lungis, one in a red top and another in a pink shirt. Tall coconut palms and bare trees surround the site under a partly cloudy sky.2012-01-06Outdoor relief-camp scene under palm trees at a cyclone-hit village. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with light blue hairnets or caps, and handle large metal cooking pots and aluminium containers near a blue and green truck loaded with crates. A man in a bright orange dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and an ID lanyard, stands at right beside a chair and table. Two men in khaki uniforms stand by the truck, and a man in a green checked shirt stands at centre. Behind them are more trucks, a tarpaulin shelter and damaged trees.2012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution scene in a village beside palm trees and a bare tree after a storm. Several trucks, including a blue-sided flatbed and a green-sided lorry, are parked under a corrugated shelter and a striped awning. Orange flags stand on poles and an orange banner hangs on a truck. Many villagers, mostly men in white shirts, dhotis and lungis, stand and walk on dirt ground, while a few women in saris and children gather near a wire-mesh gate. Some men wear light green head cloths. No single individual is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06