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Outdoor relief distribution in a village, with volunteers serving food from a large dark metal cooking pot set on the back of a wooden-sided truck bed under bright daylight and palm trees. A volunteer in a white shirt and white dhoti with a red border holds a ladle, while another in a white shirt and hairnet bends over the pot. A man in a red shirt and hairnet stands beside the pot. Villagers gather below, including a girl in a purple top holding a steel plate, a woman in red, and a man in a black shirt, with a pink bucket and steel bowls held out for food.

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Outdoor relief distribution on a village street in Kuttiyankuppam after a cyclone. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the back of a vehicle with a large black cooking pot, serving food to children. A man in white with a white head covering crouches on the vehicle edge handing out food, while an older man in white shirt and green head cover watches at left. Children in striped and blue shirts and a girl in a peach dress reach for food in foil containers. Palm trees and a white building with green door are behind.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A roadside annadaan distribution in a village lane lined with palm trees. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti, wearing a rudraksha mala, stands on the edge of a large metal cooking vessel mounted on a truck and serves food. Beside him a man in a white shirt and hairnet ladles food. Several children and a young girl in a peach dupatta hold out paper plates to receive food. An older man in a white shirt and green hairnet stands at left watching. A man in a blue shirt stands on the truck behind them, and a bare wall with climbing vines is at right.2012-01-06Relief distribution on a roadside after a cyclone. Two men in white uniforms and head coverings stand on the flatbed of an orange-brown truck, ladling food from pots into bowls held by a line of villagers. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, stands at left directing the line. Women in colourful saris and a girl in a yellow frilled dress and a girl in orange with a flower garland hold bowls and a steel container. Bent palm trees and fallen branches line the road. A banner on the truck shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and the scene is a relief meal under the windy sky.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a village street, with a green-and-white painted truck tailgate in the foreground. Two men in white shirts and white dhotis, one wearing a white hairnet, stand on the tailgate serving food from a large steel pot into a lavender plastic basin. A woman with long dark hair, a red hair clip, gold bangles and a patterned sari holds out a metal bowl with rice to receive food. An elderly man in a white shirt and green hairnet stands at left watching, and children with braided hair are visible at the right edge. Behind them stands a whitewashed concrete building with barred windows and overhead wires. The annadaan food service in the village is captioned as Kuttiyankuppam village.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07