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A open-sided covered kitchen tent with a corrugated metal roof, where cooks prepare food for a large event. Large aluminium pots and steel vessels sit on portable stoves and low tables covered with flatbreads spread out to dry or cook. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the left by a large covered pot, while a woman in an orange sari stands at right beside a table of flatbread on a tawa. Behind them, a white building, palm trees and parked cars are visible, and red plastic chairs line the left edge. No swami or a person figure is visibly present in this view.

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An open-air community kitchen under a long corrugated-roof shelter supported by bamboo poles, with palm trees behind. Many large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the bare ground, and women in pale green hair nets and saris work over them, stirring and serving food. A boy in a green shirt sits at a small table in the foreground beside orange plastic chairs. Men in white dhotis and orange garments move among the stalls, and a saffron and orange flag hangs from a pole at the left. Striped cloth canopies extend along the back. This appears to be an annadhan food service.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06An outdoor food-preparation area under a corrugated metal roof supported by bamboo poles, with palm trees behind and striped awnings beyond. Several people in green and white hair nets and white caps work at large steel pots and vessels on the bare ground. A man in a white shirt and grey trousers with a lanyard badge stands at left. A seated man in a red shirt and another in white sit at a table with plastic-wrapped packets, and orange plastic chairs are scattered in the foreground beside a large tub of wrapped food.2012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a long corrugated metal roof on bamboo poles, with many large cooking pots and vessels on open fires and metal stands. Volunteers in white shirts and white head coverings stir and serve food, and a crowd of people stands around the stalls. An orange flag with a purple logo flies at left, and colourful striped and patterned cloth canopies stretch across the background under palm trees. The scene reads as a community annadaan meal distribution.2012-01-06January 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 20122012-01-04June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesA 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.2012-01-04An outdoor community kitchen under a striped and patterned canvas awning. Large aluminium cooking pots with lids sit on dirt ground in the foreground, one with a yellow-tinged food inside. A woman in an orange-and-pink patterned sari and green hairnet stirs a pot, while a woman in a white sari and hairnet stands at right beside a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red cap. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with hairnets, work among sacks and plastic bags of supplies. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04Outdoor 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.2012-01-06Outdoor annadan food preparation under a corrugated metal roof on open ground with palm trees and debris behind. Large aluminium cooking pots sit on stands over propane cylinders and a gas burner, with steam rising. Several workers in white clothes and green hairnets stir and serve food. In the centre, a man in a white dhoti and white top with a reddish-brown sash stands beside a pot, and a man in a pink shirt stands near the cooking area. Steel bowls hold chopped green leaves in the foreground, and stacked steel containers and cooking vessels line the tables.2012-01-04