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Night photo of a food distribution at a roadside in a village. Volunteers in white clothes and teal head coverings stand on the back of a yellow truck marked SOUND HORN, handing out food from metal containers and a cage-like rack. Several onlookers stand below, including boys in checked and striped shirts, and a young man in a striped shirt looks up at the truck. Two men sit on motorbikes at the right edge. The scene is lit by the truck's red and orange lights and a dark background, with the sign reading SOUND HORN on the truck's rear.

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January 07 20122012-01-07Night-time photograph of a food distribution at a roadside. A yellow and black vehicle with a horn-branded side panel and an orange banner is parked, and volunteers stand on its open back wearing white shirts and white dhotis, one with a teal head cloth and one bare-chested with a teal head cloth. One volunteer leans down holding a metal pot, while another holds a steel plate. Women in saris, one yellow-green and one pale yellow with a light blue blouse, and an older woman with grey hair reach toward the vehicle to receive food.2012-01-06January 02 20122012-01-02January 06 20122012-01-06 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06Night-time food distribution at a yellow vehicle marked HORN, with several white-clad volunteers and a saffron-robed sannyasi with a rudraksha mala in the lower left handing out plates of rice. A woman in an orange and pink sari bends over metal containers on the vehicle bed, while a man in white shirt and grey trousers stands behind. Onlookers in white shirts, checked lungis and a dark shawl gather in the darkness on the right. The scene is dark and lit mainly by the vehicle's lights.2012-01-02A photograph of volunteers serving food from the back of a brightly painted yellow and green truck with HORN lettering in red. A woman in a brown sari with a beaded necklace and white hairnet scoops rice from a large steel pot with a ladle, wearing clear plastic gloves. A man in a tan shirt and checked lungi holds the truck's frame, another man in brown shirt reaches in from the right, and a man in white shirt and hairnet stands behind. A seated woman in a purple blouse watches at lower left. The scene suggests an annadaan food distribution.2012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution on a village street in Kuttiyankuppam after a cyclone. A man in a white shirt and white dhoti stands at the back of a vehicle with a large black cooking pot, serving food to children. A man in white with a white head covering crouches on the vehicle edge handing out food, while an older man in white shirt and green head cover watches at left. Children in striped and blue shirts and a girl in a peach dress reach for food in foil containers. Palm trees and a white building with green door are behind.2012-01-06A 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.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06A night-time photograph of cyclone relief distribution. A yellow truck with a metal cage and striped side panels is parked under a metal frame arch. Two men in green caps and light shirts stand in the truck bed handling sacks and packages, while a group of women and children in saris and salwars gather below to receive items. In the foreground an older woman in a blue patterned top stands at left, and a man in an orange shirt and checked lungi stands at right. There are no visible ritual objects or appearances of a swami in this scene, so no candidate is present.2012-01-07