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Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy in a cyclone-damaged village. Five cooks in green head nets prepare food on portable gas stoves: a woman in a patterned sari stirs a large wok, a man in a white shirt and white cloth stands at the stove, and others serve from steel pots and trays. A red LPG gas cylinder, steel containers and plastic jugs sit on the concrete floor. Behind them, scattered wooden planks and corrugated metal from collapsed structures are visible. A woman in a maroon sari stands at the right holding a ladle. No swami or identifiable leader appears.

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Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin with a colourful painted banner behind it. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a yellow border and a green hairnet stirs a large black wok of frying food on a portable gas stove. Beside him a man in white shirt and dhoti works at the left, and a woman in a maroon printed sari with a green hairnet stands at right, hands on hips, beside a large steel pot. Steel vessels, bowls, plastic bottles and a red gas cylinder are on the counter and ground, with a corrugated sheet and scrap metal behind.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of a kitchen at an outdoor relief camp, where volunteers prepare food for an annadaan meal. In the foreground a large black wok sits on a metal stove with frying food in oil. A man in a white dhoti with gold border and a black cord around his neck stands bare-chested, tending the pan. A woman in a green hair net and purple top bends over the cooking area, while a woman in a maroon patterned sari with a beaded necklace and bangles stirs a large aluminium pot. Steel vessels, plastic cans and bottles, and a colourful painted cloth sit around the stalls. A man in a striped shirt stands at left with an ID badge.2012-01-06A large outdoor field kitchen under a corrugated metal shelter with a bamboo-and-pole frame. Women in saris and green or blue head caps prepare food at long tables covered with blue tarpaulin, cutting tomatoes and vegetables into steel bowls. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground around them, with orange gas cylinders and stacked firewood nearby. Several women in red, orange and yellow saris move between the pots, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at right. Palm trees and a hazy sky appear beyond the shelter.2012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor food preparation area under a patterned red and maroon tarpaulin with striped edging. Several men wear green hairnets and work over large aluminium cooking pots set on red LPG gas cylinders, one of which is marked with the letters GTH. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi stands at center, while a man in a white vest and checked lungi pours from a pot. Rubble and bricks lie on the ground in front, and a framed photo sits on a small shelf at left. The scene suggests bulk cooking for distribution.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy on bare ground, with food being prepared in large pots and steel vessels. Two monastic men in saffron-orange robes with rudraksha malas stand on the left, their backs partly turned, one with a bare shaved head. Several workers wear pale blue and white hairnets and aprons, and a woman in an orange blouse and multicoloured sari stands at the cooking area. Red LPG gas cylinders sit in the foreground. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt stands at right, and a bulldozer is visible in the background among palm trees.2012-01-04Outdoor relief cooking at a cyclone-damaged site, with bare broken trees and palms behind. Two women in the foreground wear headscarves or caps and saris: one in an orange and multicoloured sari, the other in a red floral sari with teal blouse, stirring a large black cooking pot on a metal stand. Stacked firewood, steel vessels and a blue drum sit nearby, and a red gas cylinder stands at the left edge. Two more women in hairnets and striped clothing are visible at the right and back. Steam rises from the pot. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04Outdoor cyclone relief kitchen under a striped fabric canopy and tarpaulin roof, with volunteers cooking annadaan meals in large steel pots on open stoves. Several workers wear white dhotis, white shirts and white hair-nets; a woman in a red-and-orange sari wears gloves and stands at a steel pot in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stirs a pot, and a cameraman films beside the cooking area.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy with a patterned red and green cloth overhead, cooking large metal pots on portable gas burners. Several men in white dhotis and shirts, and men in sleeveless vests and checked lungis, wear green head caps and stir and tend the pots. Red LPG gas cylinders stand nearby. Broken bricks and rubble fill the foreground, with debris and a collapsed structure of bent metal beside the tent. No identifiable a person figure is visible.2012-01-03January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and bamboo-pole shelter, with large aluminium cooking pots set on metal stands over firewood and a red LPG gas cylinder at right. Several workers in green caps and white clothing tend the pots, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts stand among the crowd. Wet muddy ground and striped cloth canopies frame the scene. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and a white-clad companion stand near the center, but no swami-like cues are clearly visible, so identity is uncertain. Several people are visible in the background.2012-01-06