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A food-distribution scene under a corrugated tin roof outdoors. Several men in orange-saffron robes and rudraksha malas stand beside a yellow pickup truck with a blue wooden flatbed, carrying a silver tray of fruit. Workers in green hairnets and white shirts stand around, and stacks of red and yellow plastic crates are nearby. A man in a white dhoti with a white shawl stands among them. A Tamil-script sign on the blue truck bed is visible. The men in orange are sannyasi-style devotees and volunteers rather than identifiable individuals.

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A photograph at an outdoor food-distribution site under a corrugated metal roof. A man in a striped shirt and khaki trousers, wearing a green head covering, stands at the back of a yellow and blue painted pickup truck with a metal container in its bed. Three men in saffron-orange robes stand on dirt ground beside stacked green and pink crates. The central man wears a rudraksha mala and a green head covering, and the man on the right wears a rudraksha mala and a wristwatch. A cameraman in a red shirt photographs the group from behind the truck. a person candidate cues are not distinctive enough, so the identity is uncertain.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph at an outdoor relief-distribution site under a corrugated metal shelter. Three saffron-clad men stand in front, each wearing rudraksha malas. The man at left wears a pale green cap and orange garment, and the men at right are shaved-headed in orange robes with red borders. A man in a red shirt photographs them from atop a blue wooden truck bed, beside a yellow vehicle with a painted floral border. Metal cooking vessels and stacked red and green plastic crates are nearby. Other people in white and checked shirts with green caps move in the background.2012-01-04Cyclone relief scene in a cleared, debris-strewn village lane with bare and broken trees. In the foreground, two men in white shirts and white hairnets stand near a gate. A small blue-and-yellow painted truck with wooden slatted sides carries two women in white and green head coverings and a woman in a red blouse with a patterned sari; one woman in white sari stands in the truck bed beside large aluminium cooking pots and a metal drum. Sacks sit on a nearby green flatbed truck. Orange and white flags and cloth hang in the background.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 04 20122012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07A relief food distribution beside a yellow and blue truck with painted lotus motifs and a registration plate reading PY01 BL 7876. A man in a white t-shirt with a hairnet serves rice from a steel pan in the truck bed onto a metal plate held by a woman in a green and pink sari with a gold necklace. A man in an orange dhoti and white shirt with a rudraksha mala stands in the truck bed beside him. A young boy in a light blue shirt and a small girl in red stand watching at left and right. An orange banner with a logo is at the left edge.2012-01-07Outdoor cyclone relief scene on a dirt road beside palm and bare trees. Two bald men in saffron-orange robes stand in the foreground, one on the left with a phone to his ear and one on the right with his back turned, both with bare upper bodies and orange cloth wrapped around them. A white van on the left carries an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works, with orange flags behind it. A mix of men in white shirts, white dhotis and green surgical caps stand around a flatbed truck loaded with supplies, and a man in white stands on the truck bed. A metal-roofed shelter and a plastic chair with a table sit at right.2012-01-06January 03 20122012-01-03A photograph of a relief-distribution scene outdoors beneath tall palm trees. Several men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand near a wooden-slatted truck bed; one bald man in an orange shawl faces the group with his back to the camera. Behind them, men in white dhotis and green hairnets. An orange flag is tied to the truck. a person candidate, a man in orange robes with a rudraksha mala and a red tilak, stands at centre-right, distinguished by his ornate orange garments and rudraksha mala, and is shown in conversation with the other robed men.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04