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Outdoor food distribution on bare reddish-brown earth. Large steel vessels hold cooked rice on a wide steel tray and two bowls of yellow-orange spiced rice, possibly pongal or vegetable rice with visible green and red pieces. Blurred figures in green and teal saris stand at the edge, one holding a steel pot. Plastic chairs and a plastic bag lie in the background. No identifiable person is shown clearly enough to name.

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Outdoor cooking area for cyclone relief food distribution on bare dirt ground. Large steel cooking pots sit on metal stands over open fire, with steam rising from one. Several large steel basins in the foreground hold cooked rice, one with yellow rice and others with white rice and herbs. Men in orange lungis and white head coverings tend the pots, one stirring with a long ladle, while others in shirts and checked lungis stand nearby. Dry firewood is piled behind, and scattered litter lies on the ground. A steel basin in the foreground bears red painted letters N S.2012-01-07A photograph of an outdoor food-distribution scene under a blue-and-white striped canopy. A woman in a yellow-green floral saree and a green hairnet ladles cooked rice from a large dark pot into a steel bowl. Beside her, a woman in a purple top and white hairnet stands at a steel cooking vessel with a lid, and a man in a plaid shirt stands in the foreground near a large black pot of rice. Several other workers in green and white head coverings and aprons work in the background among tables and chairs, with a tent and vehicle visible behind them.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor food distribution set-up under a colourful patterned canopy. In the foreground a large steel pot holds cooked yellow rice with vegetables. A man with glasses, wearing a white shirt, white dhoti and a towel over his shoulder, raises one arm and gestures. Nearby, other men in white and blue clothing stand beside more steel pots and aluminium-wrapped packets, and a few people in white clothes and green head coverings work at tables. Plastic water containers and a wooden pole are visible. The scene suggests a cooked-food annadan being prepared and distributed.2012-01-03An outdoor community kitchen under a striped and patterned canvas awning. Large aluminium cooking pots with lids sit on dirt ground in the foreground, one with a yellow-tinged food inside. A woman in an orange-and-pink patterned sari and green hairnet stirs a pot, while a woman in a white sari and hairnet stands at right beside a uniformed police officer in khaki with a red cap. Men in white shirts and white dhotis, some with hairnets, work among sacks and plastic bags of supplies. No a person candidate is visible.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 03 20122012-01-03Close overhead photo of a large stainless steel vessel filled with yellow rice dish mixed with red chilli pieces and green curry leaves, with a long steel ladle at the lower left. Plain white cloth and a metal lid are visible at the top edge. No people are clearly visible; only a partial hand edge appears at the far left. The image is a photograph of food preparation, not a ritual scene.2012-06-01 +1 copiesA large aluminium pot filled with cooked, golden-brown grain food sits on a stainless steel prep table outdoors on sandy ground with patchy grass. A man in a light striped shirt wearing a brown rudraksha-style mala stands at left, one hand resting on the pot's rim. Behind the table, a person in white clothes with a pendant mala works near a red portable stove, and a row of silver foil packets lies on the steel surface. The setting suggests annadan food distribution during relief work.2012-01-03January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06