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A smiling young man in a white t-shirt with a colourful dot-and-circle graphic and a white hairnet stands at a food preparation area under striped tent awnings. A tilak mark is on his forehead and a thin cord is at his neck. Behind him, a man in a grey patterned shirt and orange lungi works at large steel pots near stacked sacks and green produce, part of an annadaan food service at a relief camp.

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A smiling man in a white shirt and white head covering stands in the foreground under a striped red, green and purple canopy at an outdoor relief camp. Behind him, people sit on plastic chairs at folding tables set with containers under the shade, while others in white walk across dusty ground toward parked white vehicles and palm trees. The scene appears to be a community meal or medical-camp setting.2012-01-06Outdoor annadan food service under a tent with a row of colourful cloth streamers overhead. A man in white shirt and white dhoti stirs a large dark pot of rice with a long ladle while another man in white wears a hairnet and a green-labelled badge. A young man in a white shirt and white dhoti with an orange-saffron scarf and rudraksha-style beaded mala holds a steel bowl. Behind them, a woman in a red sari serves food from a table, and several people in white and a woman in a red and green sari queue or wait nearby. A corrugated-roof building and trees stand in the background.2012-01-08A 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.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief camp under a striped purple, green and white canopy with scalloped edging. A smiling man in an orange saffron shawl sits cross-armed among volunteers. Nearby, a woman in a green hair net and white top sits in the foreground, and two women in orange clothing sit beside him, one with a black beaded mala. Behind them large steel cooking pots sit on gas burners beside red LPG cylinders, and people in white move among the crowd at the annadaan kitchen.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor annadan food distribution under a colourful striped and patterned canopy. A large steel pot of cooked food sits on a stainless steel counter. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti-style clothing with a rudraksha mala on his neck reaches out, while a worker in a red and white shirt and hairnet stirs the pot. A man in a white polo with teal stripes, gloves and a hairnet portions food into foil packets. Another worker in a white hairnet stands behind the counter. Plastic bags and small packets are on the table.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of an outdoor annadan food distribution under a red, green and blue striped canopy with a patterned cloth top. In the foreground a large steel cauldron holds pale yellow cooked food being stirred with long ladles by men in saffron-orange dhotis with rudraksha malas, one wearing a green head covering. Nearby a man in an orange robe and green hairnet stands smiling, while volunteers in white hairnets and white shirts and a man in a checked grey shirt observe. Pots and bowls sit on the ground beside the cauldron.2012-01-04Outdoor food preparation under a colourful striped canopy beside a white wall with a red doorway. Three men wear light green hairnets: a smiling man in a white shirt and red-and-white checked lungi sits on a chair raising one hand in greeting, while a man in a checked shirt and red lungi stands at a grinding machine, and an older man in a brown shirt and red lungi stands nearby. Large steel pots hold cooked tomato-based food, and sacks and steel bowls are scattered on the ground with other volunteers seated in the background. Scene suggests annadhanam food service.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04