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Night photograph of a relief kitchen preparing food in large aluminium cooking pots over open fire, steam rising from the pots. Two men in the left background wear head cloths and bare or sleeveless tops and tend the fire, while a man at right in a striped shirt, with a head covering and a lanyard-style badge, stands beside the pots holding a ladle. Dim work lights and other figures fill the dark background of this annadaan meal preparation.

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January 06 20122012-01-06Night-time outdoor cooking scene under a red and patterned cloth canopy with strings of coloured flags above. A person in white clothing and a dark head covering leans over large black cooking vessels, stirring with a long ladle, while steam rises. A second person in a purple garment stands in the background near pots and metal containers. Bright fluorescent tube lights on stands light the area, and piles of sacks and bags lie to the right. No identifiable a person depiction is visible.2012-04-06January 06 20122012-01-06Night outdoor kitchen at an annadaan food-service site. Large stainless steel cooking pots sit over open wood fires burning on the bare ground, with steam rising from one pot. Several workers in white head coverings and light clothing tend the cooking; a man in a white vest and dark lungi stands near the center, and others are seen at the left. Metal poles and a tarpaulin frame overhead, with a dark background.2012-01-06A photograph of a large open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof, where volunteers cook a relief meal for an annadaan at a medical camp. Huge black cooking pots sit over open wood fires on the dirt floor, with steel vessels of vegetables and rice nearby, and tubelights hang from the beams. Several volunteers in white head coverings stand at the pots and tables. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a green head covering walks through the centre foreground, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti works on the right. Bags of rice and blue tarpaulins lie on the left.2012-01-06Night-time community kitchen under a striped awning in a cyclone relief camp, with large dark steel cooking pots and lids on the muddy ground under bright tube lights. Several women in blue, green and red saris wear head coverings and hairnets; one stirs a pot, others stand and serve. Orange and red patterned cloth hangs behind, and a few steel vessels and ladles lie on the pots.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a large kitchen where volunteers cook food for an annadaan meal. In the foreground a huge stainless steel pot of curry sits on the floor, and steam billows around it. A woman in a purple sari with a red head covering stirs with a long metal ladle, while a man in an orange shirt and white head covering stirs another pot beside her. Other workers in white hairnets stand nearby, and stacked metal containers and steel vessels line the wall at left. No a person is visible in the scene.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A covered outdoor kitchen tent at a relief camp, with large steel cooking pots set on portable stoves and steam rising. Several men in white hairnets and white shirts stir the pots and serve food, one holding a ladle and another a steel bowl. Men in white shirts, a red shirt and a dark vest stand behind them watching, one wearing an orange dhoti and a white shawl. Bags of supplies, steel tumblers and lidded pots fill the foreground, with palm trees and striped tent canopies beyond. This is an annadaan food service scene.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Night-time outdoor cooking scene at an ashram-style camp. In the foreground, a bald man in a pale pink-and-white dhoti and shawl stirs a large steel pot with a long wooden ladle, lit by a bright work lamp. Behind him, several people in white clothes tend other steel cooking vessels over open wood fires, with a red bucket and food containers nearby. A metal gate and a red tarpaulin appear at the right edge.2012-04-06