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Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated roof on bare dirt ground at a relief camp. Large aluminium cooking pots and steel vessels sit on portable metal stoves and tripods, with a blue tarp holding white rice sacks and vegetables on the left. Several men in white caps and hairnets work among the pots; one in a white shirt and blue lungi stands at right, and others in orange or white cloths and mixed clothing move around the cooking area. Plastic chairs, a truck and parked vehicles appear in the background under palm trees.

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Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and bamboo-pole shelter, with large aluminium cooking pots set on metal stands over firewood and a red LPG gas cylinder at right. Several workers in green caps and white clothing tend the pots, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts stand among the crowd. Wet muddy ground and striped cloth canopies frame the scene. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and a white-clad companion stand near the center, but no swami-like cues are clearly visible, so identity is uncertain. Several people are visible in the background.2012-01-06A 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.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A large open-sided tent serves a communal meal during cyclone relief work in Kuttiyankuppam village. Many men and women wear white hairnets and stand or sit around large steel cooking pots, ladles and bowls on a dirt floor under a corrugated tin roof. A man in a red shirt and dark trousers faces away from the camera among the crowd, and a worker in a checked shirt spoons food from a big pot. Gas cylinders sit near the cooking stations, with palm trees and a white wall behind.2012-01-06A covered outdoor cooking area under a corrugated metal roof supported by wooden beams and poles, with fluorescent tube lights and palm trees beyond. Several men in white caps or hair nets and dhotis, one in an orange-yellow dhoti, stir and serve food from large steel cooking pots set over stoves. Other men in shirts and trousers stand around the pots, and colourful striped cloth canopies extend to the right. Firewood lies at the lower left. Scene appears to be a food distribution, annadaan, at a relief camp.2012-01-06A large open-sided tent serves a community food operation outdoors under a corrugated roof and palm trees. Several workers wear white head cloths; one in a white shirt and white trousers stands center. A woman in a yellow and orange sari and head cloth works at a steel tray. Large steel cooking pots and drums sit on the dirt floor, and blue tarpaulin covers a table with trays of green beans and chopped tomatoes. Men in checked shirts and lungis move among the pots, and sacks are stacked at the right.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Open-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.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated metal shelter at a relief camp in a damaged village area. Large dark metal cooking pots sit on open wood fires on the sandy ground, with a lidded pot in the foreground and smoke rising. Several people in white or light head coverings and hairnets sit on blue tarpaulins chopping vegetables, while volunteers in saffron and white clothing stand and move between tables. A red truck, orange gas cylinders, plastic chairs, sacks of grain and a pile of chopped green vegetables are visible. Trees and debris lie beyond the shelter.2012-01-06An open-sided outdoor cooking shed under a corrugated metal roof, with palm trees behind. Several large aluminium cooking pots sit on wood-fired stoves over glowing embers, with more pots and steel containers along the tables. A man in a saffron-orange dhoti and white head cloth stands at left, with a few other people in white and orange clothing moving between the stalls. Stacks of firewood lie in the background.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04