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Outdoor cyclone relief food distribution on a dirt road. A large orange-and-yellow truck with an orange banner printed with a photo of a saffron-clad figure and Tamil text stands at the centre. Several volunteers in white clothes and light green head coverings stand on and beside the truck, serving food. A woman in cream sari with a grey hair bun stands on the left side, holding a pink cloth. A crowd of villagers, many women and children, press forward holding steel plates and bowls toward the truck to receive food. Coconut palms, scattered bricks and debris line the street.

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January 07 20122012-01-07Overhead view of cyclone relief food distribution from an orange flatbed truck. Volunteers in white clothes with green and blue hair nets and face masks serve food from large steel pots and trays in the truck bed. A line of people, including women in saris and children, holds out steel plates and bowls to receive food. A banner on the truck side shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with a saffron turban above Tamil text. Two-wheelers and a concrete wall are in the background.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution in a village street during cyclone relief work. Several volunteers stand on the back of a yellow-and-green painted truck, handing out food from large containers. Two women in green head coverings and white garments, one in pink headwrap and white clothing, and a woman in a yellow-and-orange sari with gold bangles and a beaded necklace work on the truck bed. Below, a crowd reaches upward with steel bowls and plates. Among them a woman in a yellow sari, a girl in red, a woman in a patterned blue sari, and a man in a white shirt wearing a white hairnet stand near the truck. A man in a red-and-white turban at right holds stacked plastic containers. Small children are visible at the lower edge. Palm fronds and a concrete wall frame the scene.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor relief distribution in a village street after a cyclone, with bare broken trees and palms behind a thatched hut and a blue tarpaulin shelter. A blue-and-white truck bed serves as a serving platform, where several volunteers in saffron and white clothing, with green and white head coverings, ladle food from steel pots. Villagers crowd forward holding steel vessels: elderly women in saris, a woman in a yellow salwar kameez with a long braid, and women in blue and brown saris. The food is being handed out as annadaan.2012-01-06