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A night-time annadaan food distribution in a crowded village setting. Several young men and women reach forward holding out stainless steel vessels and plates to be filled, with a large pot of food visible at the lower edge. A man at left wears a white and grey checked shirt and a red thread on his wrist. Other hands hold steel tumblers and bowls, and the bright white-and-blue scene is lit in the dark.

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January 06 20122012-01-06Night-time food distribution at a village relief camp. A volunteer on the right wearing a white hairnet, a green-and-yellow striped shirt, a rudraksha mala and plastic gloves ladles food from a large steel pot into a steel vessel held up by a man in a white shirt. Around them a crowd of villagers presses forward holding out steel pots and bowls; some women wear saris and a man in a white shirt with a beard stands at the right. A yellow bowl sits on the counter.2012-01-06Night-time relief distribution at a village in Kuttiyankuppam, with a crowd pressing forward to receive food. A bare-chested young man in an orange-yellow cloth stands at left, and a bearded older man in a white striped shirt holds out a steel bowl near a blue-and-white striped cart or stall with a hook and chain. A woman in a colourful sari and a man in a green-and-yellow striped shirt hand out steel bowls, with more steel vessels stacked on the cart. Several onlookers are visible in the background, lit by dim light.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesNight photograph of a narrow village lane where people queue with steel bowls and pots to receive food from a small truck. A large steel cooking vessel sits in the truck bed, and two orange flags are mounted on the vehicle. Men in shirts and lungis hand out food from the truck while women in saris and younger children crowd closer, holding out their bowls. A man in a checked shirt stands prominently at left. Green and blue house walls frame the street. The scene shows community food distribution, with no identifiable a person present.2012-01-04A night-time photograph of a crowd of villagers, mostly children and teenagers, gathered closely together while holding out steel plates, bowls and pots, apparently waiting for food during cyclone relief work. A girl in an orange top and a boy in a white shirt stand in front, with a girl in a tan tunic holding a steel pot. A woman in a yellow sari and a woman in white stand at the right edge. Dim light and a rough wall in the background suggest a village setting.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06A crowded outdoor relief distribution in a village beside a thatched woven-palm wall. A teenage boy in a pink collared shirt and red wrist thread holds out a steel pot while women reach forward with steel vessels and a cup. Several older women wear saris, bindi and nose studs; one elderly woman has white hair. Behind them, men in white shirts and a cameraman film the scene. No ceremonial figure is visible.2012-01-06Night-time outdoor scene at a relief distribution. A crowd of villagers, mostly women in pink, red, blue and striped saris and salwar, plus several children, queue along a dirt ground near bare tree branches, holding steel plates, bowls and pots toward a food-distribution point at the left edge where a person in white covers a large container. A child in a red top and a boy in a striped shirt hold bowls. No a person candidate is visible in the frame.2012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 04 20122012-01-04April 06 20122012-04-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copies