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A photograph of cyclone relief food distribution on a village street. An older man with grey hair, wearing a white shirt and white dhoti, holds a steel bowl and serves food. Beside him, a man in a blue shirt and white dhoti serves from a bowl. Several children, including a girl in a pink dress with a purple and white flower headpiece and a girl in a yellow floral dress holding a steel pot, wait to receive food. A green-framed vehicle is behind them, with an orange banner printed with a smiling saffron-clad man's portrait and the name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Tamil and English.

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Outdoor relief distribution on a street beside a green metal-framed truck with an orange banner bearing Tamil text. A man in white shirt and white dhoti, grey hair and beard, holds a steel vessel of food and serves a smiling boy in a checked shirt. A girl in a pink dress with flowers in her braided hair holds a steel cup, and a younger girl in yellow stands nearby. Other children and a man in blue shirt are visible; a building and rubble-like debris appear behind. No recognizable a person candidate is clearly present.2012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor relief distribution in a village setting. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti leans forward serving food from a steel vessel, while a woman in a teal top and white hairnet ladles food into bowls held by a crowd. Several women in saris and children, including a boy in a red striped shirt and a girl in a light blue shirt, stand close. Behind them a man in a white shirt and green hair cap works near a metal cart, with a thatched palm-leaf structure and white buildings in the background. A large orange banner on the right shows a smiling figure in orange head covering and robes beside Tamil script and English text reading Thane Cyclone Relief.2012-01-06A photograph of a roadside food distribution at a village relief camp. Volunteers in white shirts and light blue shirts, one wearing a white hairnet, serve food from a large steel vessel on the back of a truck. A banner in orange and white reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in English and Tamil, with a portrait of a smiling saffron-clad figure on it. A young girl in a pink top and gold necklace stands in front while a woman in an orange sari and green head covering waits, and children hold out steel bowls and plates. Coconut palms and a low concrete building appear in the background.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07January 07 20122012-01-07A food-distribution scene in a dusty village lane. A blue flatbed truck with orange and blue banners is stacked with food containers, and volunteers in white shirts and white trousers serve meals to a crowd. A man in a green head covering and grey shirt stands at the truck, and a man in white ladles from a steel pot held by a villager. Women in saffron-pink, purple and green saris, children in bright shirts and a girl in pink pinafore line up with plates. Thatched huts, a blue tarp and a large poster of a smiling man in a red cap stand behind them.2012-01-04A photograph of villagers queuing at a roadside to receive food from a vehicle decorated with an orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam. A man in white clothes and a green cap stands on the vehicle handing out food, while another man in a yellow shirt and a man in a checked shirt pass out containers. Women in yellow, red, pink and teal saris and children crowd forward holding steel plates and bowls held up to receive food. Palm trees and a plain pale green house stand behind, with a concrete building to the left.2012-01-04Outdoor relief distribution on a village lane beside a thatched hut. A small pickup truck with wooden slat sides carries a large orange banner reading Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam and Thane Cyclone Relief Works, with a smiling portrait of a figure in an orange turban on it. A man in a light grey shirt stands at the tailgate. A bald man in a white cloth and orange-clad helper stand in the truck bed handing items down. Women in red and patterned saris, a girl in a floral dress with a braid, and children reach up with hands to receive supplies. The scene is a cyclone relief distribution.2012-01-03A photograph of a white truck parked on a village street with a large orange banner on its side. The banner shows a smiling man in an orange turban and orange clothing, labelled "Paramahamsa Nithyananda" in small print, beside Tamil and English text reading "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" and "Thane cyclone relief works". A young girl in a floral dress holds a paper plate of food in the foreground. Behind her, several villagers, including a boy in shorts and an older woman in a red-orange sari holding plates, gather near a painted orange temple-style building with ornate blue decorations.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07