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A open-sided outdoor kitchen under a tarpaulin roof at a relief camp, with large steel cooking pots and vessels on the left and sacks of produce piled on blue tarps. Several women in green hairnets and aprons sit on the ground chopping and sorting heaps of cabbage, carrots, radish, eggplant and beans, while a man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands near the centre. Palm trees and a white-walled building appear behind the open structure. No identifiable a person figure is visible.

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Under a corrugated metal roof on a relief site, women volunteers sit on blue tarpaulins preparing food for an annadaan. Heaps of cabbage, carrots, radishes, green beans and other vegetables cover the ground, with large steel pots and sacks nearby. Several women wear orange, yellow and red saris and white head coverings. Storm-damaged trees and bare land stand beyond the open shed.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor annadaan food preparation area under a corrugated metal roof supported by poles, open to palm trees and blue sky. Volunteers in white hairnets and aprons chop vegetables, stir large steel cooking pots and sort produce on tarps and tables. Orange plastic chairs and gas cylinders sit in the foreground, with striped colourful canopies in the background and people in white and orange clothing moving between stations.2012-01-06A covered outdoor relief kitchen under a dark tarpaulin roof on a flat, sandy site with palm trees beyond. Women in green and red saris and blue hair nets sit and work among heaps of produce: green okra-like pods, pale green gourds, red tomatoes and piles of fresh ginger on blue tarps. Large white sacks of rice or grain are stacked in the foreground, and steel cooking pots and tables are set up along the back. Several people are visible in the background, working around the stalls. No one is identifiable as a particular figure, and this is an everyday relief-camp scene rather than a ritual.2012-01-06An outdoor relief kitchen under a large tarpaulin canopy supported by bamboo poles. Many people in white clothes and pale green hair caps work at long tables and cooking stations, preparing food in large metal pots and steel vessels. Heaps of green limes or small fruit, red vegetables and sacks of grain are piled on blue tarpaulins. A man in white shirt and trousers stands in the centre holding a video camera, while others sit on plastic chairs cutting produce. Palm trees and striped tents stand in the background.2012-01-06Outdoor relief camp under a corrugated metal roof with wooden posts, sheltering a food distribution (annadaan) operation in a village setting with palm trees. Volunteers in white surgical caps and hairnets sit on the ground chopping vegetables from sacks of produce and stir large steel cooking pots. Blue tarpaulin is spread with rice and grain sacks and steel containers. Many people mill about in mixed clothing, some in white. In the right foreground a man in a white dhoti with an orange-yellow border stands barefoot, his back partly turned to the camera; he is not further identified. Plastic chairs and a red bucket are scattered around the site.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food preparation under a striped canvas awning at a relief kitchen. Volunteers in green hairnets and white clothes sit on blue tarpaulins chopping carrots and leafy greens, with heaps of green vegetables in the foreground and large steel cooking pots and gas cylinders at left. Two people in white dhotis stand near a red-and-orange patterned cloth, one holding a paper. A white building with a red door stands behind. No clear a person candidate is visible.2012-01-03Outdoor food preparation at a community kitchen under a open-sided shelter. Several volunteers sit on blue tarpaulins chopping vegetables: cauliflower heads, green beans, shallots and tomatoes. Most wear light green hairnets and white or pale shirts, and a man in a blue shirt and a striped shirt smiles while cutting. A large steel pot holds shallots and green chillies, and a sack of produce lies to the right. Stacked blue and orange crates and tomatoes sit behind them, with more workers in white and women in colourful saris at the edges.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06