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A photograph of a large open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof, where volunteers cook a relief meal for an annadaan at a medical camp. Huge black cooking pots sit over open wood fires on the dirt floor, with steel vessels of vegetables and rice nearby, and tubelights hang from the beams. Several volunteers in white head coverings stand at the pots and tables. A man in a white dhoti with a gold border and a green head covering walks through the centre foreground, and a bare-chested man in a white dhoti works on the right. Bags of rice and blue tarpaulins lie on the left.

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January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph inside a dim open-sided tent used for communal food preparation. Large stainless steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the dirt floor among sacks, plastic bags, tins and a blue tarpaulin. A tent canopy with red, green and purple striped fabric and scalloped edging overhangs the scene, supported by wooden poles and rope guy lines. Fluorescent tube lights hang from the frame. Two men in white shirts and white caps or head cloths stand working near the pots, and a few other figures are partly visible in the background. The setting suggests an annadan food service at a relief camp.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Night-time community kitchen under a striped awning in a cyclone relief camp, with large dark steel cooking pots and lids on the muddy ground under bright tube lights. Several women in blue, green and red saris wear head coverings and hairnets; one stirs a pot, others stand and serve. Orange and red patterned cloth hangs behind, and a few steel vessels and ladles lie on the pots.2012-01-06A 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.2012-01-04Outdoor community kitchen under a corrugated metal roof with a palm grove behind. Several volunteers in white caps, aprons and white or patterned clothes stir and ladle food from large aluminium pots set over open wood fires with blackened ash. A woman in a yellow and orange sari stands at the centre, and a large steel drum in the foreground holds water. Coconut palms and a tarpaulin shelter are visible in the background.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07Open-sided shed with a corrugated metal roof serves as a community kitchen for food distribution. A man in a white shirt and checked lungi with a red head cloth stirs a large pot with a long metal ladle over a wood fire. Several large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on the sandy ground and on stoves, with bags of rice and piled greens nearby. Other workers in white and plain clothing, some with head coverings, move around the stations. A green-leafed tree line and a hazy sky appear beyond the shed.2012-01-06Night-time community kitchen under a tent roofed with red, blue, green and purple striped cloth. A woman in a white sari with a white head cover and red forehead mark stirs a large black pot with a long ladle, lit by a bright lamp. Around her, several people in white clothes work at big steel pots, pans and buckets on the dirt ground, preparing food in bulk.2012-04-06Outdoor 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