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Outdoor relief distribution in a village street after a cyclone. A green three-wheeler vehicle with registration PY 01 BN 3780 carries a large orange banner showing a smiling man with an orange turban and orange robe; the banner's printed caption reads Nithyananda and Thane Cyclone Relief in Tamil and English. Two helpers in white caps and aprons stand in the back of the vehicle handing items down. Several villagers gather at the roadside: a man in a white shirt and checked lungi, a young man in a maroon shirt, a man in a blue checked shirt, and children in shorts and shirts reaching for packets. A woman in a sari stands at left near a motorcycle, and damaged thatched roofs and rubble lie behind them.

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January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesA green cargo truck with a banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and a portrait of a smiling man in orange and saffron headwear is parked on a dirt road among palm trees. Several villagers, including older men in white shirts and checked lungis and a woman in a patterned sari, crowd around the truck's open back, reaching up toward a volunteer in a blue shirt and green cap who stands in the bed. A bright blue and yellow building and a small shrine structure stand in the background, with scattered coconut palms and debris from the storm. The banner portrait is a printed depiction, not a person physically present, and the printed banner text names Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam.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.2012-01-07Outdoor relief distribution in a village street beside a blue building with a red-tiled roof. An orange truck on the right carries a large orange banner showing a smiling man in an orange turban and orange robe, with Tamil script and the English text 'Nithyananda' and 'Thane cyclone'. Several men and boys stand in a crowd, one in a white polo and blue shorts, another in a white dhoti, reaching toward the truck and receiving items from a man in a dark shirt. The portrait on the banner is a printed depiction, and the people shown are physical attendees.2012-01-06A photograph of a white relief van with an orange banner on its side showing a smiling man in an orange turban and saffron robe, with Tamil and English text reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane cyclone Relief Work. A person in a green cap and purple top leans from the van handing items down. Women in saris, including a red sari, a yellow sari and a white-and-orange sari, reach toward the van while a woman carries a small child on her hip. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands at right. Blue-green houses with a red tiled roof form the background, under bright daylight with tree shadows on the dirt road.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06Photograph 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 07 20122012-01-07