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A food distribution outside a small village shrine with a blue-painted metal gate and a pale grey facade decorated with blue tile motifs. Volunteers in white shirts and a man in a green surgical-style cap ladle rice or food from a large steel pot into paper plates held out by villagers. A young woman in a cream and pink-patterned sari stands at centre right, and women in blue and teal tops and a boy in a brown shirt crowd close.

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A cyclone relief food distribution on a village road. A man in white shirt, white hairnet and a glove serves yellow rice from a green metal cart into steel bowls held by villagers. Women in saris, including one in a red floral sari and another in a teal head covering, stand in line with a child. Behind them men stand watching, and two older men in white dhotis sit by a temple gateway with blue pillars. A signboard in Tamil reads a local community name. Plain village street and roadside wall.2012-01-07July 11 20102010-07-11January 06 20122012-01-06Photograph of a food distribution line outdoors beside a thatched hut and green shrubs. A young woman in a white top with an orange dupatta serves food from a large steel vessel holding yellow rice. A woman in a red and yellow saree with a red bindi holds out a steel bowl, and an older woman in a green saree with a red border and gold bangles stands beside her. A small girl in a floral dress reaches up with a steel bowl. Other villagers wait in the background, several holding steel vessels, one man in a checked cloth. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03Outdoor food distribution on a dusty roadside. An older man in a white shirt and grey lungi, wearing a rudraksha mala and a gold wristwatch, stirs yellow rice from a large steel pot with a ladle. Beside him a helper in white ladles food onto plates. A woman in a green patterned top holds out a foil plate, and several children and men in shirts and vests queue, holding disposable plates. Another steel pot of white rice sits in the foreground. Tuk-tuks and motorbikes are parked behind the crowd.Outdoor crowd gathered near a small stone temple entrance with a pink boundary wall and trees behind, during a community food distribution. A young man in a yellow-and-white checked shirt reaches toward a woman in a pink sari who holds a white plate of food. Around them, many villagers in white and pastel clothes, a woman in an orange-saffron sari, elderly people and children press forward, some holding leaf or paper plates. A man at right wears a saffron-orange shawl. The people wear sacred ash markings on their foreheads. A speaker box sits near the temple doorway.2006-10-20A photograph of a food distribution at an outdoor village setting. A large dark metal cooking pot labelled MSR 1/6 sits at centre, with a man in white shirt and white cap serving food from it with a ladle. Several people crowd around holding out round paper plates and a steel bowl. A woman in a teal top and green patterned sari stands at left, and a woman in a red and blue patterned sari at right wears bangles. Men in white shirts and a man in white cap stand among them. Behind is a pale building with a tiled roof and a palm tree. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04Outdoor relief distribution in a village street after a cyclone, with damaged thatched houses and a bare tree behind. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti crouches beside a large steaming cooking vessel, handing food from a pot. A man in a green hair net and white shirt stands at left, and a man in a blue shirt bends at a wooden railing. A woman in an orange blouse and maroon-patterned sari holds out a steel bowl to be filled while an older man in a white shirt reaches toward it. The meal is annadaan food service, shown as ground-level volunteer relief work.2012-01-06A photograph of a free meal service at an ashram food counter under a corrugated roof with red-painted beams. Volunteers in white hairnets and white caps serve food from steel trays onto plates held by women in white and gold sarees and a girl in a cream and orange outfit. A woman in an orange blouse and cream saree on the left holds out a steel plate of rice and curry. Trays of yellow curry sit on the counter, and a green-netted fence and foliage show through the open side. The image is an annadan scene, with food being given to devotees and visitors.2017-03-11Annadhan in 20122012-01-01 +1 copiesA night-time photograph of a food distribution at a cyclone relief camp. An older man in a white collared shirt and checked lungi stands at the back of a green vehicle, scooping yellow rice from a large steel pot into paper plates. Beside him, a man in a light blue shirt and checked lungi holds a steel bowl. Several women and girls reach up from the front with plates and steel vessels to receive the food. Steam rises from the pot, and a green chain-link tailgate frames the scene.2012-01-06