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An outdoor community kitchen under a large canopy with a colourful patterned cloth and striped edging. Several cooks in white shirts and head coverings stir and tend large aluminium pots and vessels set on portable stoves over the sandy ground. Sacks of grain and vegetables sit at left, green plants in the foreground, and a wide open-sided shelter with more cooking stations extends into the background. Steel pots and pans are scattered across the scene, and a few other people move about in the distance.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped purple, green and white canopy strung between poles on bare earth. Large steel cooking pots sit on open burner stoves fuelled by red LPG gas cylinders, with steel bowls and plates on the ground. Several cooks in light clothing tend the pots, including a man in a checked lungi and a grey cap at left, and a woman in green stirring a pot. Palm trees and a cloudy sky are visible beyond the tent.2012-01-06A photo of an outdoor community kitchen under a striped canvas tent with a red, green and blue awning. Large stainless steel cooking pots sit on metal stands over a dirt ground, one filled with yellow curry and another with cooked food, beside a red LPG gas cylinder and small jars of condiments. Several workers in head coverings and white or grey clothes stir food, ladle and serve, while people sit under the tent and in the background. A red and orange cloth hangs at the left edge. The setting suggests a large food service such as annadan.2012-01-01January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor community kitchen under a large canopy with red, green, blue and purple striped edges and a paisley-patterned top. Several people in headcloths and hairnets work among steel cooking pots, pans and steamers on a dirt ground. A man in a plaid lungi stirs a huge pot over a stove, while others prepare food at a table of white grains and sacks of ingredients. A red gas cylinder and stainless steel containers sit nearby, with colourful patterned cloth hung along the side.2012-01-04Outdoor cyclone relief kitchen under a striped fabric canopy and tarpaulin roof, with volunteers cooking annadaan meals in large steel pots on open stoves. Several workers wear white dhotis, white shirts and white hair-nets; a woman in a red-and-orange sari wears gloves and stands at a steel pot in the foreground. A man in a white shirt and dhoti stirs a pot, and a cameraman films beside the cooking area.2012-01-06A large outdoor cooking tent at night with a patterned red and orange canopy and a painted cloth backdrop. Several large stainless steel cooking pots sit on metal stands fed by red LPG gas cylinders, with steam rising from them. Four men in white dhotis and white shirts, some with white head cloths and green caps, tend the pots while another worker in a checked lungi bends over sacks at right. The ground is strewn with broken bricks. This appears to be a relief food preparation area for annadan distribution.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04June 29 20142014-06-29 +1 copies