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An outdoor community kitchen on bare dirt under a tarp-and-pole canopy. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground and on a table, and a large round steel tray holds a heap of cooked white rice. Burlap sacks and plastic bags lie in the foreground, with a tray of spices and a box of Sunlands-brand oil nearby. A barefoot man in a blue checked lungi stands at left, and several workers in head caps and aprons, including a man in a white shirt and a woman in a teal patterned skirt, tend food preparation. Bags of rice are stacked behind them.

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Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated roof on bare dirt ground at a relief camp. Large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on portable metal stoves and tripods, with a blue tarp holding white rice sacks and vegetables on the left. Several men in white caps and hairnets work among the pots; one in a white shirt and blue lungi stands at right, and others in orange or white cloths and mixed clothing move around the cooking area. Plastic chairs, a truck and parked vehicles appear in the background under palm trees.2012-01-06A photo of an outdoor relief kitchen under a striped canvas tarpaulin, where volunteers prepare food in large steel pots and pans on the bare ground. A man in a yellow shirt and white lungi, wearing a green hairnet, reaches toward a steel pot, while a woman in a white sari with a pink top stands beside a large pot of yellow rice. Other workers in hairnets stand in the background among tables, plastic containers and sacks. Bright orange and red patterned cloth hangs on the right. Pots of cooked rice and a steel plate of white rice sit in the foreground, reflecting an annadan food distribution.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04November 27 20122012-11-27A covered outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and a strip of colourful cloth, set on a paved floor beside a red earth bank and green foliage. Several workers, mostly men in lungis and head cloths, tend large black cooking pots on stoves and tables. In the foreground are stacked white and blue rice sacks, purple plastic tubs, steel vessels and a yellow tarp, consistent with a large-scale annadhan meal preparation.2012-11-27A large open-sided relief kitchen under a tarpaulin roof on bare ground, serving cyclone-relief annadaan in Kuttiyankuppam village. Volunteers in white head caps and aprons stir big metal pots over fires and tend steaming cooking vessels on blue tarps. A man in the foreground leans over a wide steel pot stirring cooked vegetables. Other workers in white shirts and dhotis stand among stacked grain sacks, plastic buckets and orange plastic chairs, while women in colourful saris sit on tarps at the right. The scene includes bamboo supports and a row of red and white striped cloth in the background.2012-01-06Outdoor community kitchen under a large canopy with red, green, blue and purple striped edges and a paisley-patterned top. Several people in headcloths and hairnets work among steel cooking pots, pans and steamers on a dirt ground. A man in a plaid lungi stirs a huge pot over a stove, while others prepare food at a table of white grains and sacks of ingredients. A red gas cylinder and stainless steel containers sit nearby, with colourful patterned cloth hung along the side.2012-01-04Outdoor cooking area for cyclone relief food distribution on bare dirt ground. Large steel cooking pots sit on metal stands over open fire, with steam rising from one. Several large steel basins in the foreground hold cooked rice, one with yellow rice and others with white rice and herbs. Men in orange lungis and white head coverings tend the pots, one stirring with a long ladle, while others in shirts and checked lungis stand nearby. Dry firewood is piled behind, and scattered litter lies on the ground. A steel basin in the foreground bears red painted letters N S.2012-01-07A photograph of an open-sided outdoor kitchen under a corrugated metal roof and tarpaulin, used for mass food preparation. Large steel cooking vessels sit on open wood fires on bare ground. Several people in white shirts and dhotis, and women in saris, wear blue-green hair caps and work around the pots and metal trays of cooked rice and prepared food. Sacks, plastic packets and bowls lie on the ground. Palm trees and a boundary wall are visible behind, and a child stands at the right. Plain work clothing and the open ground suggest a relief-food setting.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06November 26 20092009-11-26Outdoor relief kitchen under a blue-and-white tarpaulin canopy with large steaming aluminium cooking pots set on portable stoves. Men in white vests and checked lungis stir the food with long wooden paddles, wearing green head caps. A man bends over a pot in the centre. Onlookers in light shirts, sarongs and a woman in a blue sari stand around. Steel vessels and a small tray of sweets sit on a table nearby, with a gas cylinder at lower left. This shows food preparation for annadan distribution.2012-01-03