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Inside a large, bare hall with a corrugated roof partly open to daylight and walls painted pale blue, a man in a saffron-orange robe with a rudraksha mala and a light green head covering stands among piles of sacks and bundles. Behind him, several people in white dhotis and saris and hairnets stand in the room, while a cameraman in a red shirt films the scene. Large white and brown sacks stacked on the concrete floor, some labelled turmeric powder, with clothes hanging on lines and stacked luggage along the walls, suggest relief or annadhan supplies being sorted.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph inside a dim storage hall with a blue-tinted light and a corrugated roof opening. Large stacked rice and grain sacks in green, red and white fill the left foreground, with loose white and black bags and cardboard boxes on the concrete floor. Several people stand in the middle: a woman in a pale striped shirt with a green head covering, and men and women in white dhoti-style or white kurta clothes with white caps or head coverings, talking and looking toward the packing area. A woman in a blue-and-white sari stands at right, and another person bends over boxes at left. The scene appears to be relief-food packing or distribution.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06December 30 20092009-12-30January 06 20122012-01-06A photograph of a storage room stacked with white and green sacks of grain and supplies, plus cardboard boxes on the floor, relief-work stock for cyclone victims. Four women and a man stand in the centre near the boxes; the man in white kurta with a lanyard and a white cloth on his shoulder talks while holding a small device, and women in white saris with red borders listen. A woman in a light sari sits on the floor beside a green bucket. Corrugated roof and ceiling fans are overhead, and a red wooden cabinet is at left.2012-01-06December 20 20062006-12-20January 06 20122012-01-06Indoor ritual gathering in a large tented hall with string lights and hanging orange-and-gold festoons. In the centre a bare-chested man in a saffron cloth with a saffron head wrap raises his right arm and points upward, appearing to direct the rite. Beside him a priest in a red and gold silk dhoti and shawl holds a book. Further right a man in white dhoti with an orange sash stands with hands folded, and to the left a bald man in white shirt and dhoti watches. Behind them a crowd of men in white dhotis and saffron shawls stands in rows, some seated in white plastic chairs, with luggage and folded cloth on the floor at right. a person is the saffron-clad man in the centre: the cues are the saffron head wrap, saffron cloth and bare chest, but the face and build are not conclusive, so the caption-based attribution is only probable.2006-12-20A photograph of a relief camp under a corrugated metal roof beside a striped purple-and-green awning. A man in a saffron-orange robe with his hair swept back stands on a raised platform, extending one arm outward. A man in white ritual clothes works at a table covered with folded cloth and bags, and a cameraman in a red Puma t-shirt films the scene with a video camera. Large steaming pots and sacks of supplies sit in the foreground, with people in white and a woman in a green head covering in the background.2012-01-03