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Outdoor relief distribution under a corrugated tin roof with palm trees behind. In the foreground a large dark pot holds yellow rice. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a green hairnet stands at the truck; a woman in a colourful floral sari with an orange blouse stands at the pot. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a grey shirt, a man in a red shirt, and a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads, wear green or white head coverings. A flatbed truck with wooden sides is loaded with sacks and boxes, and a colourful banner hangs on the truck. Annadaan food service at a village relief camp.

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January 06 20122012-01-06A relief food distribution at an outdoor camp beneath a red patterned tent with orange flags. Several men in white shirts and white or green hair nets stand around a truck with a wooden slatted side, serving from a large steel pot of yellow food. A man in a blue-and-white shirt wears a dark bead mala, and another in a striped shirt and gold chain stands nearby. Devotees and onlookers crowd the open ground at the edge of the frame.2012-01-03A photograph of a food-distribution scene outdoors beside a parked truck with wooden slatted sides. A large dark metal pot in the foreground holds many individually wrapped foil packets. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas stand around, some wearing white hair nets or caps; one older man in a white kurta wears a striped yellow-and-orange head wrap and glasses, with a lanyard around his neck. A young man in a striped polo shirt talks on a mobile phone, and another man in a dark shirt with an ID badge gestures. Palm trees and a bright dusty ground appear in the background, with a second metal pot at the lower right.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor 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 20122012-01-06Outdoor food-distribution scene under a striped canopy in red, green, purple and orange. In the centre, a monk in saffron-orange robes with a long rudraksha mala and green head covering stands beside a very large steel cooking vessel filled with yellow, soupy food, stirring it with a long ladle. Beside him, another saffron-robed monk with a shaved head and a mala holds a ladle. Men in white shirts, dhotis and checked lungis, several wearing green hairnets, stand around the pot; one man at left holds a cloth and phone. A man in a pink shirt and another in white shirt and trousers watch at right. Steel containers and a gas burner sit in the foreground.2012-01-04A relief kitchen at an outdoor cyclone-relief camp in a village, with palm trees and a white building behind. Large aluminium pots hold cooked rice with vegetables in the foreground. Volunteers in white shirts and white hairnets serve food: a man in white with a rudraksha-style necklace stands at right beside a woman in a patterned sari, and men in white shirts stand at left reaching toward the food. Another woman in a purple sari walks in the background. A striped awning shades the scene, and sacks and bags are stacked on a ledge at right.2012-01-06A relief food distribution line under a striped canopy outdoors, with volunteers in white clothes preparing food. A younger volunteer in the foreground wears a green hairnet, a yellow shawl over white clothes and stands at a large aluminium pot, serving yellow rice with a ladle into foil packets held by a gloved hand. Other volunteers in green caps and white attire work at steel tables nearby, and a small truck and palm trees stand in the background.2012-01-03Outdoor food distribution during a relief effort on a dusty village road beside a stack of red bricks and a large blue-and-red truck. Two women in light blue hair caps and gloves ladle a yellow rice dish from a big steel pot in the foreground, while a woman in a maroon sari with gold bangles holds a steel bowl and plates out food. Villagers, including a woman in a blue sari, an elderly woman in a green-striped shawl, and children, gather around with steel vessels and paper plates. A man in a white shirt stands at the truck's edge. Mostly visible people number about ten to fifteen.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 08 20122012-01-08