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Outdoor relief food distribution under a colourful striped canopy beside palm trees. Several men in white shirts and white hair-net caps stand at a truck with an orange banner; a small group of villagers, including two young boys in checked lungis and a woman in a white sari with green border, wait in line. Stainless steel pots and a steel tiffin stand on a table at right, and a large portrait banner of a smiling saffron-robed figure hangs at upper left.

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January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief work in a rural village under coconut palms. A blue-painted open truck bed with slatted sides sits in the centre, with a few white containers and bowls inside. Volunteers wearing green and white head caps stand around it, including a woman in a teal saree with a green blouse and men in white shirts and lungis. Large stainless steel cooking vessels and lids are stacked on a cart at right, and another truck with a banner stands behind. A cyclone-damaged tree line and bright sky appear overhead.2012-01-06A photograph of a relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof, with large black cooking pots and steel vessels on the ground and gas cylinders nearby. In the foreground, a man in a checked lungi and white shirt stands on the bed of a green-and-yellow truck, while several men with white head caps and white coats, plus a man in a green striped shirt and a man in a brown shirt, face the truck. Storm-damaged palm and bare trees stand behind the shelter, with other workers tending the cooking area. No one visible is clearly identifiable as a person.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief-camp scene under palm trees at a cyclone-hit village. Several men wear white dhotis and white shirts, some with light blue hairnets or caps, and handle large metal cooking pots and aluminium containers near a blue and green truck loaded with crates. A man in a bright orange dhoti and shawl, with a sacred thread and an ID lanyard, stands at right beside a chair and table. Two men in khaki uniforms stand by the truck, and a man in a green checked shirt stands at centre. Behind them are more trucks, a tarpaulin shelter and damaged trees.2012-01-06A relief food distribution under a striped awning at an outdoor camp, with palm trees behind. Volunteers in white shirts and white hairnets serve food from large stainless steel pots and containers stacked with red and blue crates. A volunteer in white shirt and white hairnet lifts items from a truck bed. At right, a man in white dhoti and shawl with a rudraksha-style mala and gold-trimmed cloth stands smiling. Volunteers wear name badges, and a banner on the truck reads text relating to Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam Seeragapadi.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief distribution at a village site under a striped canopy with palm trees behind. Several volunteers in white shirts and white hairnets stand around large steel cooking pots with lids on a metal table, while others unload red and blue plastic crates and steel pots from a white pickup truck. One volunteer on the right wears a white shirt, white dhoti and a rudraksha-style mala and looks on. A man in white clothing stands in the background near the truck. The scene reflects food service at a camp, with no clearly visible sannyasi in saffron.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of a relief food-distribution scene outdoors among trees and debris. Several men in white caps and white or pastel shirts and dhotis crowd around a blue wooden-sided truck, loading or handling food. Large black pots and metal vessels sit on the ground at right and left. Orange saffron flags are mounted on the truck, and a large orange banner with a printed portrait and Tamil text hangs on its side. A man in an orange shirt stands at left and another man in a checked shirt with an ID badge stands at right, both observing. Trees and a parked motorcycle are visible in the background.2012-01-04