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Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated metal shelter at a relief camp in a damaged village area. Large dark metal cooking pots sit on open wood fires on the sandy ground, with a lidded pot in the foreground and smoke rising. Several people in white or light head coverings and hairnets sit on blue tarpaulins chopping vegetables, while volunteers in saffron and white clothing stand and move between tables. A red truck, orange gas cylinders, plastic chairs, sacks of grain and a pile of chopped green vegetables are visible. Trees and debris lie beyond the shelter.

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Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated roof on bare dirt ground at a relief camp. Large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on portable metal stoves and tripods, with a blue tarp holding white rice sacks and vegetables on the left. Several men in white caps and hairnets work among the pots; one in a white shirt and blue lungi stands at right, and others in orange or white cloths and mixed clothing move around the cooking area. Plastic chairs, a truck and parked vehicles appear in the background under palm trees.2012-01-06A large open-sided tin-roofed tent serves as a community kitchen, with blue tarps spread on the dirt floor and steel cooking pots and vats set on the ground. Many workers wear white head caps and aprons while stirring pots, chopping produce, and handling sacks, and several seated volunteers sit on red plastic chairs around a big cooking pot. Heaps of green vegetables and fruit, bundled grain sacks and bowls fill the foreground, and striped awnings and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and bamboo-pole shelter, with large aluminium cooking pots set on metal stands over firewood and a red LPG gas cylinder at right. Several workers in green caps and white clothing tend the pots, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts stand among the crowd. Wet muddy ground and striped cloth canopies frame the scene. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and a white-clad companion stand near the center, but no swami-like cues are clearly visible, so identity is uncertain. Several people are visible in the background.2012-01-06A large outdoor field kitchen under a corrugated metal shelter with a bamboo-and-pole frame. Women in saris and green or blue head caps prepare food at long tables covered with blue tarpaulin, cutting tomatoes and vegetables into steel bowls. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground around them, with orange gas cylinders and stacked firewood nearby. Several women in red, orange and yellow saris move between the pots, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at right. Palm trees and a hazy sky appear beyond the shelter.2012-01-04A relief kitchen under a corrugated tin and bamboo shelter serves food to cyclone-hit villagers in Kuttiyankuppam. Volunteers in white or pale head caps and aprons chop and stir at steel pots and large cooking vessels on blue tarpaulins, with heaps of green vegetables on the ground. Along the right, women in green and pink saris sit cutting produce. In the foreground a bald man in white dhoti and cloth sits cross-legged with a notebook, and a man in a brown shirt stands at left beside water bottles. Stalls with striped awnings and a crowd of people stand in the background.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A large open-sided tent serves a community food operation outdoors under a corrugated roof and palm trees. Several workers wear white head cloths; one in a white shirt and white trousers stands center. A woman in a yellow and orange sari and head cloth works at a steel tray. Large steel cooking pots and drums sit on the dirt floor, and blue tarpaulin covers a table with trays of green beans and chopped tomatoes. Men in checked shirts and lungis move among the pots, and sacks are stacked at the right.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor community kitchen under a corrugated metal shelter with palm trees behind it. Large aluminium cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground, some with lids, and red gas cylinders stand nearby. Several women in pale green and teal hair nets and aprons serve and prepare food, one in a pink sari and others in yellow and green saris. A seated woman in a bright orange robe and hairnet peels or cuts food at a table, and a man in a white dhoti stands at the back. A yellow truck parked at right adds to the food distribution scene.2012-01-04A open-sided corrugated metal shelter on bare sandy ground serves as a community kitchen during relief work. Large black and metal cooking pots sit over small wood fires, with stacked white rice sacks and blue tarpaulins spread on the ground. Several women in colourful saris and men in shirts and white dhotis work around the pots, some wearing head coverings and a few wearing blue or yellow shirts. Palm trees and debris are visible beyond the shelter. No ceremony or a person is shown.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06