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A photograph of a large outdoor community kitchen under a red patterned canopy, with palm trees behind. Four men work over big stainless steel cooking pots set on portable stoves. The man at right, in a white shirt, plaid lungi and white head cloth with a green cap, tips a steel pot of food into the large central vessel. Another man in a red shirt and blue checked lungi stirs with a long ladle, while a man in an orange vest and white dhoti stands at left, and a man in a blue striped shirt stands behind. Painted cloth banners showing landscapes hang at left. Pots and bowls sit on a concrete floor.

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Outdoor food-preparation under a red and maroon patterned tarpaulin. Four men work at large metal pots on portable burners and gas cylinders: a man in a red shirt and blue-checked lungi ladles from a big steel pot, a bare-chested man in a brown vest pours from a steel vessel, and two men in white and light-blue head coverings stand by. Behind them hang painted banners with landscape scenes, and palm trees and scattered pots fill the background. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copiesNovember 27 20122012-11-27June 19 20142014-06-19 +1 copiesA busy outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and striped canopy, where volunteers prepare food for an annadaan meal. Large metal cooking pots sit on simple iron stove stands over firewood, and men in white shirts, dhotis or aprons and white head caps stir and carry vessels. One man in an orange-red-trimmed white garment lifts a red cylinder. Stacked vegetables and metal containers sit on tables in the background, and a few other people in casual clothing move among the stalls. Bamboo poles hold up the awning. No one in the scene is identifiable as a person.2012-01-06A large outdoor cooking tent at night with a patterned red and orange canopy and a painted cloth backdrop. Several large stainless steel cooking pots sit on metal stands fed by red LPG gas cylinders, with steam rising from them. Four men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with white head cloths and green caps, tend the pots while another worker in a checked lungi bends over sacks at right. The ground is strewn with broken bricks. This appears to be a relief food preparation area for annadan distribution.2012-01-03A covered outdoor kitchen tent at a relief camp, with large steel cooking pots set on portable stoves and steam rising. Several men in white hairnets and white shirts stir the pots and serve food, one holding a ladle and another a steel bowl. Men in white shirts, a red shirt and a dark vest stand behind them watching, one wearing an orange dhoti and a white shawl. Bags of supplies, steel tumblers and lidded pots fill the foreground, with palm trees and striped tent canopies beyond. This is an annadaan food service scene.2012-01-06A open-air food preparation tent with a red patterned canopy and painted cloth walls. Several men in white dhotis and shirts cook rice in large steel pots on portable gas stoves; one man in a white shirt stirs yellow rice with a ladle in the centre. Other workers in white and green headcloths tend pots nearby, and red LPG cylinders sit on the ground. The scene suggests a community annadan kitchen.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped tent canopy, with steam rising from large aluminium cooking pots set on portable stoves on bare ground. Several workers wear white hairnets and aprons: a man in a white shirt and red cloth on his shoulder stirs a pot and pours from a steel pail, and women in red, orange and pink saris tend other pots. A gas cylinder and a sack of vegetables sit at the front. Other people move in the background.2012-01-07