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A cream-coloured small goods truck with a slatted wooden-style cargo frame is loaded high with cardboard cartons and boxes, several printed with brand names. Blue and orange flower motifs decorate the slats and the blue phone numbers on the side. A yellow tarpaulin lies on the dirt ground in the foreground, with palm trees behind. A man in a white shirt stands at the right edge, partly visible. The scene suggests relief supplies being delivered, with no clearly visible ritual activity.

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Two small cream and yellow pickup trucks parked on a muddy dirt track lined with tall coconut palms in misty light. The nearer truck has a painted peacock on its door, a yellow front panel and a cream cargo body with slatted sides, and its windscreen bears a Tamil-script name board. The farther truck is bright yellow with a painted peacock and a Tamil name board on its cab roof. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the left edge near the palms, and a rope runs across the foreground. The scene suggests relief-supply transport, though no supplies are visible.2012-01-03A yellow Tata truck with a metal rack loaded high with cardboard boxes of medicine and supplies, secured with rope, at a relief camp in a sandy outdoor area with palm trees and a colourful tent edge at right. Boxes carry printed labels, including a Torque Pharmaceuticals carton and a box marked Glass Handle With Care. At left a black poster with a small framed portrait and Tamil text hangs beside the truck. No people are visible in the scene.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A small white pickup truck with an orange-and-yellow cargo bed carries relief volunteers along a rural road lined with palm trees. A large orange banner hangs from the side, showing a smiling portrait of a man with orange turban and beard, labelled in English and Tamil as Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works. A driver in a white shirt sits at the wheel. Two women in sarees stand in the truck bed, and another woman in a white sari stands by the roadside. The scene is outdoors in early light, with coconut palms and dry grass behind.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A yellow Tata Ace mini truck parked under a colourful striped canopy at a relief camp, its windscreen and roof sign reading ශ්‍රී රාමജെයം in Tamil script with garlands of orange and white flowers hanging across the windscreen. A man in a white shirt sits at the wheel. Stickers of a lion emblem and a small temple-like figure decorate the windscreen. Behind the vehicle, a steel vessel, a water container and a table are set up on dirt ground under awnings, with a few people in the background.2012-01-06A photograph of a dirt track lined with palm trees where several small yellow utility trucks are parked in a row, some with green cargo bodies. The foremost truck bears a white roof sign reading in Tamil script, with orange flags attached. In the cab of the front truck, a man in a white garment sits at the wheel, with another man beside him. A man in a red shirt and checked lungi stands on the left, and a person in white robes with a head covering stands at the right edge talking on a mobile phone. A small open-sided shelter with a tarpaulin roof stands at the left, with several people in white clothes nearby. Scattered litter lies on the ground and a cut leafy branch rests on the track.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06A yellow and cream Tata Ace mini truck drives along a palm-lined road beside a pond. The cab is painted with a green and blue peacock on the door. A blue sign above the windscreen reads in Tamil. An orange banner hangs from the cargo bed, showing a portrait of a saffron-robed figure with long hair and a tagline reading Cyclone Relief Work. Two men sit in the cargo bed, one wearing a green head wrap, and the driver is visible in the cab.2012-01-06 +1 copies