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A young girl in a turquoise top with a white lace-edged neckline and a gold stud earring stands in the right foreground, looking to the left. Behind her on a dirt road beside a puddle, a white pickup truck with an orange banner is surrounded by people reaching up to it, including women in saris and children in bright yellow and white clothes. Partially built concrete houses stand in the background.

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January 07 20122012-01-07A village street scene in daylight where a crowd of villagers gathers around a blue-framed metal platform decorated with saffron flags. A man in a white shirt stands on the platform, and a man in a grey shirt with a green cap works beside him, handing out steel vessels. Women in colourful saris and salwar, children in mixed clothing, and a boy in a white shirt and checked lungi crowd forward holding containers. Brick houses with tin roofs and a blue tarpaulin frame the lane, with a bicycle parked at right. The scene suggests food or relief distribution.2012-01-04A street line of villagers queues beside a thatched hut for a food distribution, part of an annadaan relief effort in Kuttiyankuppam village. A large steel cooking vessel sits on a vehicle at the back, and men in white shirts and a man in a blue shirt tend the food. Women and girls in colourful saris and salwar kameez hold steel tumblers and bowls, while a woman in a yellow-and-white sari on the right holds a pink bowl of food. Dry palm-thatch roofs and a rickshaw with a yellow body frame the scene. No one is identifiable as a person in this image.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor relief distribution on a dirt road after a cyclone. A small white truck with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Paramashivam Thane cyclone relief stands at left, with helpers in green caps handing out food from its bed. Women in saris and a line of children and adults gather with steel bowls and vessels. Dried straw piled at left, palm trees and damaged trees behind a small yellow building and white wall.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A relief distribution in a village street during the Thane cyclone aftermath. Crowds of children, women and men stand close together outside a white building with a terracotta-tiled roof and a red arched doorway. Several helpers in pale blue or white hairnets hand out food and plates from the back of a truck with wooden slat sides. A man in a green checked shirt reaches up toward the truck, and a woman in a pink top holds a small child on her hip. A boy in a checked shirt looks toward the camera while a girl in a red dress stands nearby. The scene shows food being served to villagers.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesA street photograph in a village after a cyclone, showing a crowd of women, girls and boys gathered around a blue-sided relief truck on a paved road. A woman in a teal head covering and orange-brown sari reaches up from the truck bed while others in green, turquoise, pink and yellow clothing reach toward it, some holding out hands for supplies. Behind them are a multi-storey concrete building, a thatched hut with laundry strung outside, and fallen palm debris along the roadside. No swami figure is visible in the scene.2012-01-06 +1 copiesNight-time photo of a crowd gathered around a green-and-yellow vehicle during cyclone relief distribution. A young woman in front wears a pale blue patterned top and a gold necklace, with a white flower garland in her hair, looking off to the side. Behind her men in white shirts and checked lungis hand out food from metal pots and plates, while women in pink, red and blue saris reach forward. A man in a striped shirt and white dhoti stretches an arm toward the vehicle.2012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution on a village street lined with palm trees and white walls. A green truck with slatted sides stands behind the crowd, carrying bags. Women in turquoise and blue saris and a woman in a dark green sari with a red bindi hand out yellow food portions on plates. Men in white shirts and white dhotis stand in the crowd, and children in ordinary clothes gather in front, watching the distribution.2012-01-07