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An outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy during cyclone relief work. In the foreground, a blue tarpaulin holds steel trays of chopped red chillies and green leafy herbs, a pot of cooked food, and a bowl of tomatoes. Behind, women in head coverings and saris, some in red, pink and orange, work at large steel cooking pots over fires and gas burners. A man in a red polo shirt and light trousers, with a white cap, stands at the centre holding a bundle of plastic bags. Sacks of rice or grain are stacked at the back and a few chairs are set out.

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Outdoor cooking area under tarpaulin canopies with striped awnings and palm trees beyond, used for an annadaan meal service. Several men wear white hairnets and work seated on blue tarps around large aluminium pots and pans, chopping red chillies and handling vegetables. A young man in a dark patterned shirt and green head covering lifts a pot lid, and a man in a red t-shirt sits near bags of rice and produce. Stacks of cabbage, onions and green vegetables lie on the right, and gas cylinders stand at the edge. Other people in white clothing move in the background.2012-01-06A large open-sided relief camp under a corrugated metal roof and striped cloth awnings, serving as an annadaan kitchen. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on blue tarpaulins, with heaps of green mangoes, red chillies, ginger, onions and sacks of grain laid out on the ground. Several people in white clothes and white caps or head coverings tend the food and move among plastic chairs. A small truck is parked at the right edge, and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06A large open-sided tent serves a community food operation outdoors under a corrugated roof and palm trees. Several workers wear white head cloths; one in a white shirt and white trousers stands center. A woman in a yellow and orange sari and head cloth works at a steel tray. Large steel cooking pots and drums sit on the dirt floor, and blue tarpaulin covers a table with trays of green beans and chopped tomatoes. Men in checked shirts and lungis move among the pots, and sacks are stacked at the right.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06A open-sided corrugated metal shelter used for mass cooking during an annadaan food service at a relief camp in a rural village. Large stainless steel cooking pots and lidded vessels sit on dirt ground, some on metal stands over small fires. Several people wearing white hair nets and light clothing move among the pots; one man in a white vest stands in the foreground, and a woman in a maroon top stands at right beside a tray of green vegetables. Trees and a open field are visible behind the shelter under hazy light.2012-01-06A covered outdoor kitchen under a striped tent canopy in red, green, orange and blue, where volunteers prepare food for an annadaan relief meal. Several volunteers wear white hairnets and white or red shirts and lungis, one woman in a maroon sari bends over a large steel vessel stirring lentils, and a man in a striped shirt works beside her. Large stainless steel pots marked MSR, bags of grain, LPG gas cylinders and cans sit on the dirt floor, with bright tube lights overhead and an orange plastic chair in the foreground.2012-01-06Outdoor food-preparation area under a long canopy with striped red, green and maroon edging. Large aluminium cooking pots sit on metal stands over open heat, one pot steaming with yellow food. Several cooks wearing white caps and aprons stir and serve; one man in a light shirt stands at the centre pot. Stainless steel vessels, a bowl of sliced orange vegetables, and a ladle rest on the sandy ground. Coconut palms and a cleared site with debris are in the background.2012-01-04A 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 20122012-01-04A 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.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04