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Outdoor photo in a narrow village lane of Kuttiyankuppam beside thatched huts and a concrete wall. Volunteers in white shirts and hairnets serve food from a truck with a large steel cooking pot labelled MSR, with a kalasha-like vessel and ladles. A line of villagers, including women in green floral and blue saris, a girl in a red dress, a girl in a blue top and a boy in a striped shirt, waits to receive annadaan meals. A dog stands at left. Sunlit scene with palm trees behind.

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A photograph of a village lane where volunteers distribute food from a truck. A large metal cooking pot sits on the truck bed. Two volunteers in white shirts and head caps stand on the truck and serve, one with a face covering. A crowd of women and a boy queue at the truck's side, including a woman in a green floral sari and blue blouse, a woman in turquoise salwar kameez, and an older woman in a red-and-maroon sari. A woman in blue holds a plate of food. Thatched huts and palm trees line the dusty street.2012-01-06A 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.2012-01-06A photograph of relief distribution in a village after a cyclone. Volunteers in pale blue head coverings and aprons stand on and beside a yellow-and-white truck, handing out food and containers. A crowd of villagers presses in from the road, including children in blue, white and yellow shirts, a woman in a purple and red sari, and a woman in a red and orange sari. A damaged thatched hut with a palm-leaf roof stands at left, and palm trees are visible against a pale sky. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor relief distribution in a village after a cyclone, with palm trees and a thatched hut at left. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands on a raised platform behind large metal cooking drums, holding a ladle. Another man in white dhoti bends over the drums serving food, and a man in a blue shirt stands behind him. Villagers crowd forward: a woman in a red sari, a woman in a yellow-green sari, an older man in a checked lungi, and several children reach toward them holding foil plates. A small orange flag is visible at top right.2012-01-06A photograph of a food distribution on a village road, seen through the green metal rails of a cart. Two volunteers in white hair caps and aprons stand over a large steel pot of cooked food, one ladling it into a small pot. Around them villagers wait with steel vessels and a plate: a man in a white vest, a young man in a white shirt holding a small child in red, a woman in a dark blue top, and a girl in a checked shirt. A volunteer in a bright blue sari with embroidered flowers leans in from the right. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution on a village lane under trees, with a blue-painted vehicle at the back. A man in a blue t-shirt and light trousers leans over the truck bed while a man in a white shirt and green cap hands out food. Beside them stand an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti, a man in a striped shirt and a woman in a red sari with orange border holding a steel plate. Several school-aged children in white uniforms, some with red hair ribbons, crowd forward holding steel plates and bowls to receive food. Houses, palm trees and an orange flag are visible behind the vehicle.2012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a village street beside a thatched hut and palm trees. Two men in white dhoti and white shirts stand on the back of a weathered blue and white truck, one bending over a large steel cooking pot and handing food to villagers. Crowded below are women in red and pink saris, one in a green head covering, and several children in checked shirts and lungis, reaching up with plates and vessels. A man in white with green head cover stands at left. Fallen branches and damaged trees suggest cyclone aftermath. An orange flag is tied to the truck.2012-01-06Outdoor street scene in a village road with a blue truck parked behind a crowd receiving food. A man in a striped shirt stands on the truck bed while women in teal and green saris and head coverings reach down from it. Several children in colourful clothes, including a girl in a pink top with a braid and a boy in a dark shirt, hold steel bowls and plates. An older woman in a white top and light blue skirt with a green shawl stands at right. Nearby are a motorcycle, a concrete building, thatched huts and a saffron flag fixed to the truck. Overhead power lines cross a pale sky.2012-01-07Outdoor annadaan food distribution at a relief camp, with a crowd of villagers reaching forward with metal bowls and plates. A woman in a white head cover and patterned top ladles rice from a large steel pot on a blue drum, while a volunteer in a khaki uniform with a rudraksha-style mala stands at right. Women in sarees, including one in a teal blouse and floral sari and another in an orange-and-green sari, hold out bowls of yellow rice. A saffron flag is visible at top, and steam rises from the cooking vessels in bright sunlight.2012-01-06