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Outdoor relief kitchen under a cloth awning painted with a landscape of trees, red-orange hills and a blue sky. A woman in a white sari with a blue border stirs food in a large aluminium pot on a metal gas stove. Beside her, a man in a white dhoti and shirt wears a rudraksha mala, and a woman in white stands with a yellow shawl. Another woman in white with a yellow shawl and a woman in a white sari watch. Pots, a wok and cloth bundles lie on the concrete floor. No portrait or identifiable a person figure is visible.

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January 02 20122012-01-02A photograph of an outdoor langar-style food distribution under a draped red and maroon cloth canopy. In the foreground a large metal cooking pot sits on a stove while a man in white dhoti and shirt, with long hair, stirs or ladles food with a long steel spoon. Beside him another man in white clothes works at the pot. A person in a red top and white cloth stands at left with a bowl. A large painted banner of a green landscape with a temple and orange motifs hangs at right. Behind, more people in white and a few in red sit and stand near tables and blue tarpaulins.2012-01-02Photograph taken under a red and patterned canopy with colourful fringe, beside a painted cloth backdrop showing orange-flamed scenes of figures and trees. Several people in white ritual clothing stand and kneel on a blue tarpaulin and dirt ground, with an elderly man in white at left gesturing with raised hands. A woman in a white sari with a long braid stands center, while another woman in pink-and-white sari with a long braid kneels near a metal pot holding fruit or offerings. A man in white kneels at the right of the central group. A woman in a teal salwar kameez stands at far right beside a pile of bricks and metal sheets. Metal vessels and a plastic water container sit on the ground. Simple ritual activity in an outdoor camp setting.2012-01-02Outdoor food preparation under a red-and-white patterned canopy with painted cloth banners behind. Several men in white dhotis and shirts crowd around a large metal cooking vessel set into a concrete base, some bending over it to stir or handle food. A bald man in a white dhoti with a gold border stands at left wearing a rudraksha mala and an orange-tinted shirt. Large steel pots, a red gas cylinder and a plastic bag sit nearby on the dirt ground.2012-01-04January 08 20122012-01-08A photograph of an open-air outdoor kitchen under a red and multicoloured canopy, with large painted banners showing a river landscape and temple scene behind it. Several people in plain white dhoti-style and sari-style clothing stand and work around cooking stoves and large pots, a man in white with a yellow shawl stands centrally, and others attend nearby. Steel vessels, a cooking pot on a stove, and a sack are visible on a concrete floor. The scene suggests communal food preparation.2012-01-02Outdoor food-distribution scene under a long patterned tent canopy with red, green, navy and yellow stripes. In the foreground a man in a white shirt and a white dhoti with a yellow-green border stands with arms folded, facing away. Several volunteers in white clothes and green hairnets bend over a large black pot of cooked food, one stirring or lifting with a ladle. Many large steel cooking vessels sit on the dusty ground beneath the tent, with other workers and a woman in a teal sari in the background. The scene shows an annadan kitchen operation in progress.2012-01-04January 03 20122012-01-03January 02 20122012-01-02Night-time food distribution under a decorated tent with a patterned red and beige canopy and striped bunting. In the centre, a man in white shirt and white trousers with a white hairnet stands over a large dark metal cooking pot, handling food. Around him, several volunteers wear disposable green and white hairnets and plastic gloves, packing food into plastic bags. On the left, a woman in an orange-bordered white sari wears a rudraksha-style bead necklace. On the right, a woman in glasses and a cream sari with gold-toned border works at a metal tray of food. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04Photograph of a thatched-roof shed with a bamboo and palm-frond ceiling and a blue pillar. Several men in white dhotis and white shirts, some wearing lanyard-style necklaces, stand and bend around a large brass cooking vessel of yellow food, stirring with a long ladle amid rising steam. A man in a white-and-beige checked shirt and a man in white stir or lean over the pot, while a woman in white with a gold bangle stands at left. Metal bowls sit on the ground in the foreground and an orange flag hangs at top. A wall calendar is visible. The scene suggests communal food preparation, consistent with the annadan mentioned on the page. No identifiable central figure is clearly present.2010-01-08Outdoor community kitchen under a corrugated metal roof with a palm grove behind. Several volunteers in white caps, aprons and white or patterned clothes stir and ladle food from large aluminium pots set over open wood fires with blackened ash. A woman in a yellow and orange sari stands at the centre, and a large steel drum in the foreground holds water. Coconut palms and a tarpaulin shelter are visible in the background.2012-01-04