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Photo of an annadaan food distribution at a relief camp on a blue wooden boat. An elderly woman with white hair, gold earrings and a red-and-maroon patterned top holds out a metal bowl while a volunteer in white clothes, a white head covering and a beaded rudraksha-style mala with a name badge ladles yellow-orange rice from a large steel pot. Another volunteer's hand with a gold bangle reaches into the pot, and a steel thali with compartments sits at lower left.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor annadaan food distribution at a relief camp, with a crowd of villagers reaching forward with metal bowls and plates. A woman in a white head cover and patterned top ladles rice from a large steel pot on a blue drum, while a volunteer in a khaki uniform with a rudraksha-style mala stands at right. Women in sarees, including one in a teal blouse and floral sari and another in an orange-and-green sari, hold out bowls of yellow rice. A saffron flag is visible at top, and steam rises from the cooking vessels in bright sunlight.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06November 27 20122012-11-27January 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Photo of an annadaan food distribution at a relief camp. A large steel pot of yellow rice is being served with ladles into small steel bowls. A man in a striped light blue shirt and white hairnet leans in at left. A woman in a green hairnet and white clothes, wearing a rudraksha mala, serves at right. Several older women in saris, including one in a dark red blouse and another in pink, hold steel bowls and wait. A man in a dark shirt stands at top right.2012-01-06A photograph of cyclone relief food distribution from the back of a green-painted truck. A man in a red-and-white checked shirt and a woman in a yellow-green sari hold steel bowls while a worker in a white shirt and light blue head covering serves yellow rice from a large steel pot. Several women and children crowd forward with bowls and smiles. Palm trees and mud-brick houses are behind them.2012-01-07