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Night photo of a yellow truck with a green-slatted rear, its tailgate painted with a sunset palm scene and a sailboat, and decal lettering reading STOP SOUND HORN. Three people stand in its bed, all wearing light green hair caps: a man in white kurta and white dhoti with a beaded mala at left, a second man in white holding a saffron-orange cloth, and two women in saree, one in a pink-and-red print and one in white with a gold border. A mesh-covered crate sits in the truck bed. Motorcycles and a utility pole are visible in the dark background.

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Night photo of relief work on a yellow truck bed painted with palm-tree and sailboat scenes. A man in white kurta and white pants with a rudraksha mala and glasses stands at left, one hand raised to his mouth, and wears a light-green cap and clear gloves. Beside him a woman in a white sari with gold border and a red bindi wears a green cap and gloves. Another woman in an orange top and green cap stands behind them. A black cooking pot sits on the truck bed, and an orange flag with a logo hangs over the side. The truck is marked SSS COACH and carries Tamil lettering.2012-01-03Night photograph of a relief-distribution scene beside a dark roadside lined with palms. A yellow goods vehicle with an open cargo bed is parked on the road, labelled with a SS Coach sticker and a registration plate reading PY01BF7904. Inside the truck bed, a man in a white shirt and a woman in a white sari with a yellow blouse, both wearing light blue hair caps and clear gloves, stand near a blue-panelled container and a red flag. Another woman in white and a man in a blue-and-white striped shirt with a checked lungi stand in the foreground. Four people are visible, and none are identifiable as a person from their appearance.2012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03January 03 20122012-01-03Night photo of a food distribution at a relief site on a yellow vehicle with a blue panel and a painted sailboat decal. A woman in a white sari with a gold border and a yellow blouse, wearing a green hair net and clear plastic gloves, holds two packets of food. Beside her a woman in a white sari and white shawl wears a mala and stands near an orange flag. Another woman in a floral blouse and green cap stands behind. A man in a white shirt with a mala looks on at left, and a man in a white shirt sits at right. A man in white is partly visible at bottom left.2012-01-03Night-time food distribution from a yellow three-wheeled cargo vehicle. A man in a white shirt and white trousers, with a green hairnet and a beaded mala around his neck, stands on the truck bed handing out foil-wrapped packets. Two women in green hairnets, one in a teal blouse with a blue sari and one in a green sari, load and pass food from large steel pots. Villagers including an older woman in a dark sari, a boy in an orange striped shirt and a boy in a light checked shirt reach up to receive packets. Orange flags are visible at the back of the vehicle. The scene reads as annadan food service.2012-01-04A photograph of a yellow truck loaded with relief supplies at night. A man in a white shirt with a green surgical head cover stands at left with a thin rudraksha-style cord visible at his neck. In the centre, a person in a white dhoti with a gold border and a green head cover bends over the truck bed, handling plastic packages. Another person in white stands behind on the green slatted truck bed. The truck's side reads a Tamil slogan about rain water and drinking water, with a painted sailboat and seagulls on the panel. Text on the lower door reads Sousad and Hindu-style lettering. Orange and red fabric hangs at the right edge.2012-01-03A photograph of a yellow utility truck with "SOUND" and "HORN" printed on its rear panel, carrying volunteers in white shirts and white hair nets through a rural roadside with trees and bicycles. A large orange banner on the truck side shows a portrait of a bald, smiling man in orange robes, with Tamil text and "Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam" printed on it. Four volunteers stand in the truck bed; one wears an orange lungi and another a green sari. Hairnets and white clothing suggest relief work.2012-01-07Night photograph of an annadan food distribution. A grey-haired man in a white shirt hands a packet of food to a woman in an orange floral saree and gold bangle. Behind them a yellow auto-rickshaw with a painted sailboat panel holds white-clad volunteers in green head caps and masks; a woman in a red-bordered saree stands on the vehicle. A man in a white shirt and beaded mala stands at left.2012-01-03A photograph of a street relief distribution on a roadside. An orange and yellow truck with the word FISHER on its side carries helpers in white clothes and light green caps who hand out supplies from the truck bed; a woman in a pale yellow outfit stands at the rear among them. Below, residents in red, green and yellow saris gather on the road, one woman holding a white sack. Beside the truck, an orange banner shows a portrait of a saffron-clad figure with the printed name Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, and a palm frond is tied to the truck. Trees and a white wall line the street.2012-01-07January 04 20122012-01-04A decorated green-and-yellow lorry stands on a dirt village road, its bed holding large steel cooking pans. Three volunteers in white hairnets serve food from the truck: a woman in a brown sari with plastic gloves ladles food into the pan, a man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands beside her, and a young man in a bronze-brown shirt leans over the pan. Behind them a woman in a white headscarf watches. An orange flag is fixed to the truck, and palm trees and power lines fill the background under a clear blue sky. The yellow side panels show lotus motifs and the words SOUND HORN, with Tamil script on the green cab frame.2012-01-06