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A street-side food distribution during a procession in an Indian town. On the left, a man in a light blue shirt and checked lungi pours liquid from a steel tumbler into a large stainless steel vessel set on a green table. Beside him a young man in a white shirt and a second man in white dhoti and shirt with an orange wristband stand near a steel container and a stack of plastic cups. Behind them, men in white shirts and dhotis and a bespectacled older man with folded arms watch, and a devotee at right holds his white dhoti. A blue-and-white painted wall, a signboard and a tree are in the background.

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Outdoor street scene in a village setting with a green tree and white-washed buildings behind. In the foreground, stainless steel cooking vessels and a steel urn sit on a green-covered table beside stacked cups, serving food or drink to devotees. A bare-chested man on the left wears a white dhoti with a white shawl over his shoulder and a tilak on his forehead, with garlands of pink and yellow flowers hanging nearby. Several men in white shirts and white or checked lungis stand around the table, one holding a white cloth. Garlands and a blue banner with printed Tamil text hang in the background, and a crowd of onlookers fills the street.2009-01-21September 2006 - Sindhanur flood reliefOutdoor relief distribution in a village after a cyclone. Two volunteers in white shirts and white hair caps serve food from steel pots and trays at a truck tailgate. A line of villagers, including men in striped and blue shirts, a woman in a yellow and red sari, a bare-chested older man, and several children in school-style clothes, reaches forward with plates and containers. A pale concrete wall and thatched roof form the background.2012-01-06February 28 20092009-02-28April 10 20162016-04-10December 12 20072007-12-12A night-time photograph of cyclone relief distribution on a vehicle bed. Two men in white shirts and white dhotis stand on a small green truck, one serving food from metal bowls held in both hands while another stands beside him. Around them, several men in white shirts watch, one wearing a white hairnet, and a child in a red checked shirt reaches toward a steel plate on a yellow auto-rickshaw. A red flag is tied to the truck. Dark trees fill the background.2012-01-07 +1 copiesOctober 29 20062006-10-29 +2 copiesA crowd of men in white shirts and white dhotis queues under a canopy at an outdoor annadan meal line. A man in a blue checked lungi holds a steel plate of food, and another man in a white vest eats with his hand. Metal barrier rails guide the line. Some people in pink and red saris stand in the background.2012-11-27Outdoor photograph on a dirt ground beside a white pickup truck with green foliage in its bed. A saffron-robed man with a red-orange turban and rudraksha mala stands centre-right, holding a silver ceremonial vessel with a finial. Six men stand in a row; four of them, in white shirts and white dhotis, hold framed portraits of a bearded seated figure in meditation. Another man in a white shirt holds a gold-coloured pyramidal kalasha-like object, and a man in a sleeveless vest stands at the far right edge. The setting is flat open land with trees and a hazy sky.2001-04-14Outdoor relief kitchen beside a green-walled building with a small shrine niche. An elderly man with grey hair and white shirt and white dhoti stands at left, gesturing with an open hand toward a large white cooking vessel sending up steam. Several men gather around it: one in a white shirt and light lungi, another in a pale shirt with a white towel over his shoulder, a man in a yellow-green striped polo bending forward, and a young man in a red-striped shirt and checked lungi holding a plate. Clotheslines and bamboo poles are visible overhead. Five men are visible.2012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 21 20092009-01-21