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A crowd of villagers, mostly women and children with a few men, presses toward a wooden double door set into a blue-painted building with a green pillar. A boy in a white checked shirt and brown shorts holds up a small foil packet. Women wear cotton saris in pink, green and blue, and some have flowers in their hair. Tamil script painted on the blue wall reads Kalaiyur - Kadalur. The scene suggests a relief distribution line, with people waiting closely together at the doorway.

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A crowded outdoor scene in front of a blue-painted building with a covered doorway. A crowd of men, boys and women presses toward the entrance. In the foreground a young man in a white shirt and checked lungi holds a metal pole, and a boy in a striped shirt and khaki shorts holds a small folded packet. On the left, a bald monk in orange robes stands among devotees. An orange flag with a dark emblem hangs on the pole, and a white umbrella with red fringe and a banner reading Nithyananda stands at left. Several people wear white and orange clothing.2012-01-03January 07 20122012-01-07January 03 20122012-01-03Outdoor relief-camp scene at a village building with yellow walls and a blue-and-white sign above. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at left near the doorway, apparently addressing the crowd. A crowd of villagers, mostly women and girls in saris and salwar in orange, teal, purple and pink, stands in front of the building, with a few men in white shirts and white dhotis in the foreground. A woman in a blue sari stands in the doorway, and a table with supplies sits at right. The setting suggests a medical or relief camp, but the exact service is not legible.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07A photograph of a relief distribution outside a yellow-walled building with a striped blue, pink and white awning. A long queue of women and children in colourful saris, including green, yellow and blue, waits in dusty ground. A man in a blue shirt stands on the left near the awning, and a boy in a pink shirt stands at the right edge. To the left hangs an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works, with a portrait of a smiling saffron-robed sannyasi with long hair. The banner portrait is a depiction, and no clearly identifiable in-person candidate is present.2012-01-07A photograph of a rural medical camp queue. A man in a white shirt and dark trousers stands behind a wooden table on the left, facing a line of women. Several elderly women in saris of green, yellow, orange and maroon stand close together, with a young girl in a pink top and a braided hairstyle in front. Behind them a man in white clothing stands in a doorway of a plain yellowish building. The scene looks like a registration or check-up line at a free camp.January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A crowd of villagers queues outdoors in front of a plastered concrete house with a tiled roof, where volunteers are distributing food. Several women in green, blue and teal saris stand in a line, holding steel plates and vessels, while a boy in a striped shirt and a girl in a purple dress watch nearby. A man in a yellow t-shirt and a checked lungi reaches forward with a steel container. Chalk kolam rangoli designs of flower motifs decorate the sandy ground at the feet of the crowd, and a woman in orange on the far right waits with her arm extended. The setting is a rural Tamil village, consistent with a relief food distribution line.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07