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A relief kitchen under a corrugated tin and bamboo shelter serves food to cyclone-hit villagers in Kuttiyankuppam. Volunteers in white or pale head caps and aprons chop and stir at steel pots and large cooking vessels on blue tarpaulins, with heaps of green vegetables on the ground. Along the right, women in green and pink saris sit cutting produce. In the foreground a bald man in white dhoti and cloth sits cross-legged with a notebook, and a man in a brown shirt stands at left beside water bottles. Stalls with striped awnings and a crowd of people stand in the background.

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January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor food preparation under a corrugated metal shelter at a relief camp in a damaged village area. Large dark metal cooking pots sit on open wood fires on the sandy ground, with a lidded pot in the foreground and smoke rising. Several people in white or light head coverings and hairnets sit on blue tarpaulins chopping vegetables, while volunteers in saffron and white clothing stand and move between tables. A red truck, orange gas cylinders, plastic chairs, sacks of grain and a pile of chopped green vegetables are visible. Trees and debris lie beyond the shelter.2012-01-06A large open-sided tin-roofed tent serves as a community kitchen, with blue tarps spread on the dirt floor and steel cooking pots and vats set on the ground. Many workers wear white head caps and aprons while stirring pots, chopping produce, and handling sacks, and several seated volunteers sit on red plastic chairs around a big cooking pot. Heaps of green vegetables and fruit, bundled grain sacks and bowls fill the foreground, and striped awnings and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06A large open-sided tent serves a community food operation outdoors under a corrugated roof and palm trees. Several workers wear white head cloths; one in a white shirt and white trousers stands center. A woman in a yellow and orange sari and head cloth works at a steel tray. Large steel cooking pots and drums sit on the dirt floor, and blue tarpaulin covers a table with trays of green beans and chopped tomatoes. Men in checked shirts and lungis move among the pots, and sacks are stacked at the right.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and bamboo-pole shelter, with large aluminium cooking pots set on metal stands over firewood and a red LPG gas cylinder at right. Several workers in green caps and white clothing tend the pots, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts stand among the crowd. Wet muddy ground and striped cloth canopies frame the scene. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and a white-clad companion stand near the center, but no swami-like cues are clearly visible, so identity is uncertain. Several people are visible in the background.2012-01-06A open-sided corrugated metal shelter serves as a cyclone relief kitchen. Several workers in white shirts and mundus, many wearing light green head caps and hairnets, stand around large steel cooking pots and vessels on a dirt ground. A woman in a white coat and an identification lanyard sits at a folding table with a black bag and a plate of food. Blue tarpaulins, green and orange plastic chairs, and sacks are scattered about. Men in tan and checked shirts and lungis stand nearby, and a man in a brown uniform stands with his hands behind his back. Hazy trees are visible beyond the shelter.2012-01-07An outdoor relief kitchen under a large tarpaulin canopy supported by bamboo poles. Many people in white clothes and pale green hair caps work at long tables and cooking stations, preparing food in large metal pots and steel vessels. Heaps of green limes or small fruit, red vegetables and sacks of grain are piled on blue tarpaulins. A man in white shirt and trousers stands in the centre holding a video camera, while others sit on plastic chairs cutting produce. Palm trees and striped tents stand in the background.2012-01-06A photograph of an outdoor annadaan food-preparation area under a corrugated metal roof supported by wooden posters. Large steel cooking pots and vats sit on the packed-earth ground, with stacks of green vegetables, red tomatoes and onions on a table at right. Several volunteers in white clothing and green hairnets stand and work at the cooking stations, while a man in a brown checked shirt stands at left and another in a blue striped shirt stands at centre. Striped awnings and tarpaulins extend in the background among palm trees.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A large outdoor field kitchen under a corrugated metal shelter with a bamboo-and-pole frame. Women in saris and green or blue head caps prepare food at long tables covered with blue tarpaulin, cutting tomatoes and vegetables into steel bowls. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on the ground around them, with orange gas cylinders and stacked firewood nearby. Several women in red, orange and yellow saris move between the pots, and a woman in a yellow sari stands at right. Palm trees and a hazy sky appear beyond the shelter.2012-01-04Outdoor relief camp under a corrugated metal roof with wooden posts, sheltering a food distribution (annadaan) operation in a village setting with palm trees. Volunteers in white surgical caps and hairnets sit on the ground chopping vegetables from sacks of produce and stir large steel cooking pots. Blue tarpaulin is spread with rice and grain sacks and steel containers. Many people mill about in mixed clothing, some in white. In the right foreground a man in a white dhoti with an orange-yellow border stands barefoot, his back partly turned to the camera; he is not further identified. Plastic chairs and a red bucket are scattered around the site.2012-01-06