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Relief distribution after a cyclone on a truck bed draped with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone. A cameraman in a white shirt films from the truck roof. Women in white and yellow clothes, with blue hairnets, serve food from steel pots and plates to a crowd of villagers. Children and women in saffron and orange saris stand in the foreground. Palm trees, damaged by the storm, line the background beside a weathered wall with faded Tamil writing. A man at the rear of the truck wears a white shirt and a blue hairnet.

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January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor cyclone relief food distribution on a raised vehicle platform. A woman with a beaded mala and light yellow top, wearing a light green head covering, serves food from a large white sack and steel bowls to a crowd of villagers below. A cameraman in white shirt and dark trousers films from the upper left. A large orange banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone relief. Bare palm trees and a whitewashed wall with Tamil writing sit behind, with many people, mostly children and adults, reaching forward.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of cyclone relief distribution in a village street. A white box truck with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a Tamil headline, plus a portrait of a saffron-clad figure with a crown-like orange headwrap, stands on the left. Volunteers in white shirts and white dhotis stand on the truck bed handing out food from a large metal pot. A woman in an orange sari and a woman in a green head cover and white garment stand in front. Villagers, including a man in a red headscarf, crowd around the truck. Thatched huts and palm trees are behind.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Relief distribution on a village street after a storm. A cameraman in a white shirt films from the open bed of a small cream pickup truck draped with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Relief Works. Two men in white shirts and light green hair nets stand on the truck bed serving food from a tray; one wears a light yellow top. A crowd of villagers holds out steel plates and bowls, including women in saris and a girl in a striped polo shirt. Palm trees, damaged thatch, and a whitewashed wall with painted Tamil lettering frame the scene under a pale evening sky.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A crowd of villagers, mostly women and children, reaches up toward a truck bed draped with an orange banner printed in Tamil and English reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a relief-work slogan. Two volunteers in white clothes and pale green head caps stand on the truck handing out items. A woman in a teal blouse with a long braid and a woman in orange-patterned sari stand in the foreground, and a small grey-brown dog sits at the lower left beside a boy in a grey shirt. Palm trees and a low building appear behind the truck.2012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07