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A photograph of a cyclone relief distribution in a village street lined with palm trees and damaged, weathered houses. On the left, a man in a white shirt stands on a green truck and reaches toward a crowd. A large orange banner reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in English and Tamil, with the words Cyclone Relief visible. Villagers, including an older man in a white dhoti and a woman in a white head covering, press forward to receive aid. Children in colourful dresses and shirts stand nearby, and a motorcycle is parked at the right edge.

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Cyclone relief distribution in a village street lined with palm trees and damaged thatched and tiled houses. A green vehicle at left carries an orange banner with Tamil and English text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Cyclone Relief Work. A crowd of villagers queues to receive aid: an elderly man in a white dhoti and white head cloth holds a steel vessel, a woman in a green sari holds a pot, a woman in a yellow sari stands near the vehicle, and children in mismatched clothes watch. Men in white shirts and checked lungis stand near the truck, and a man on the vehicle hands down a large metal pot. Fallen branches and debris lie along the road.2012-01-07Photograph of cyclone relief distribution in a village street lined with palm trees and damaged thatched roofs. A green truck bed holds steel pots and vessels, and a man in a white shirt stands in the back handing them down. An orange banner in Tamil and English reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Work. Villagers crowd forward to receive items, including a woman in a blue patterned dress, a girl in a light blue dress with a red hair ribbon, and a man in a checked shirt in the foreground. Whitewashed houses with blue-painted walls stand behind them.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a crowd gathered around a green relief vehicle on a dirt road beside thatched huts. A man in a white shirt stands on the truck's green railing and hands out food from metal vessels. Villagers press forward holding steel pots and bowls, including a woman in a yellow sari in the lower right and a woman in purple in the middle. A large orange banner on the truck reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and shows a portrait of a figure in an orange turban and robes, labelled in the banner text as the cyclone relief effort. The scene is cyclone relief distribution.2012-01-07Photograph of cyclone relief distribution in a village street after storm damage. A large orange-and-white banner on a truck reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief, beside a portrait of a smiling man with an orange turban and a lighter shirt. Two women stand on the orange-framed truck bed wearing light head coverings. Below, a man in a yellow shirt and a man in a checked shirt pass items from the truck to a crowd of women, children and an elderly man. Fallen palm and tree branches, a brick wall and a palm tree are behind them.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07Photograph of a village street after cyclone damage, with a crowd gathered around a parked truck receiving food. A large orange banner on the truck side shows a portrait and Tamil-script text. Several villagers in mostly plain clothes stand close together, including a woman in an orange sari at left, a young woman in a red and gold outfit holding a plate, a bare-chested man in a white dhoti, and an older man in white with an orange cloth over his shoulder. Broken palm trees, a leaning tree, and a thatched structure with a damaged roof appear in the background, beside an orange-walled house with a small shrine picture on its upper wall.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07January 04 20122012-01-04