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Outdoor cooking scene at a large community kitchen. A man in a light blue shirt stands at left beside a metal handcart stacked with blue and white sacks. Behind, several men in white shirts and white head caps stir or tend a large stainless steel cooking pot over a wood fire, with split firewood stacked behind them. A steel jerrycan sits on the ground at right near the flames.

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April 06 20122012-04-06A photograph of a large outdoor cooking operation beside a stacked pile of firewood and logs under trees. A large metal cooking vessel sits on a fire at centre. Six men stand around it: several wear white shirts and white trousers with white hairnets, one bare-chested man at left wears a white vest, and a man at right in a white shirt holds a bundle. In the foreground, a man with his back to the camera wears an orange cloth wrapped at the waist, a blue shawl over his shoulder and a white hairnet, standing beside the vessel. A metal rail and bags are at the lower left. Nothing here is a visible deity, homa or a person candidate; the scene is a food preparation area.2012-04-06An outdoor kitchen set up under trees beside a dirt path. Several people in white aprons, white caps and hairnets work around a large steel cooking pot set over a wood fire, with a stacked pile of firewood behind them. A flat cart with a metal frame holds sacks and bags. In the foreground, a woman in a white garment stands beside black drums and stacked large water bottles. On the right, a woman in an orange sari with a blue head cloth stands near another black container. A multicoloured cloth canopy is strung overhead. Smoke rises from the fire. No clearly identifiable a person is visible.2012-04-06An outdoor kitchen area at an ashram, with a large steaming metal cooking pot of yellow rice set on a metal frame table. A man in a teal t-shirt and dark trousers, wearing a white hairnet, reaches toward the pot with a ladle-like utensil. Behind him an older man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style cloth stands near a sack. On the right, a man in a white shirt, grey trousers and white hairnet stands beside large steel vessels and a stove by a red-brick wall. Greenery and a small white structure are visible in the background.2012-01-08January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin-roofed shelter with dirt floor. Several large aluminium cooking pots sit on open wood fires, with smoke rising. Volunteers in white shirts and green hair-nets tend the pots, and a woman in an orange sari carries a metal bowl. Stainless steel vessels and buckets line a counter on the right, with palm trees and a white wall behind. Scene from an annadaan food service at a medical camp in a village.2012-01-06Outdoor community cooking station for cyclone relief, set in hazy early light amid uprooted palms and debris. Several men and women cook over open wood fires in large dark metal pots and pans. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi stirs a pot, while others in headcloths and green or pink head covers tend fires and vessels. A steel lota with red marking sits in front. Scattered aluminium containers and wooden poles surround the makeshift kitchen.2012-01-07Outdoor 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.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06