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A photograph of a large kitchen where volunteers cook food for an annadaan meal. In the foreground a huge stainless steel pot of curry sits on the floor, and steam billows around it. A woman in a purple sari with a red head covering stirs with a long metal ladle, while a man in an orange shirt and white head covering stirs another pot beside her. Other workers in white hairnets stand nearby, and stacked metal containers and steel vessels line the wall at left. No a person is visible in the scene.

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Night photograph of a relief kitchen preparing food in large aluminium cooking pots over open fire, steam rising from the pots. Two men in the left background wear head cloths and bare or sleeveless tops and tend the fire, while a man at right in a striped shirt, with a head covering and a lanyard-style badge, stands beside the pots holding a ladle. Dim work lights and other figures fill the dark background of this annadaan meal preparation.2012-01-06A busy outdoor-style kitchen area for food distribution. Three women work at large pots: one in a lavender sari with a red and white floral border stirs a steaming aluminium vessel with a long ladle, another in a white top and dark skirt wearing a white head covering bends over a basin, and a third in a striped shirt and dark skirt with a white cap pours liquid from a ladle into a big pot. Behind them, two men in orange clothing stand near a wall with a steaming vessel. The backdrop is a colourful painted cloth with peacock and floral motifs. Sacks and cooking gas cylinders lie on the ground.2012-01-06A photograph of a community kitchen under a striped canopy during an annadaan food service. A large steaming metal cauldron sits on a gas burner in the centre, where a person in a white head covering stirs the contents with a long ladle. Steam rises across the frame. Around it, several people in white head coverings and everyday clothes stand near the pot, one holding a white sack, and a person in a lavender sari handles food nearby. Red and orange patterned cloths hang from poles on the right, and a woman in an orange garment stands in the background near a white building. Gas cylinders sit at the lower right.2012-01-06Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped blue, green, pink and white canopy, with steam rising from large steel cooking pots set on portable burners. Several women in red and orange saris and men in white shirts and hairnets stir and ladle food from the big pots, with more workers and passersby visible in the background tents and open ground.2012-01-07A photograph of a large steaming aluminium cooking pot being stirred with long wooden paddles at an outdoor annadaan food service. Several volunteers wear white hairnets and checked shirts, and one woman wears an orange sari, all working over the pot with steam rising around them. A corner of a white banner with red painted graphics is visible in the background, and the pot has a marking reading 1/3. No a person candidate is clearly visible.2012-01-06April 06 20122012-04-06November 27 20122012-11-27January 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor relief kitchen under a striped tent canopy, with steam rising from large aluminium cooking pots set on portable stoves on bare ground. Several workers wear white hairnets and aprons: a man in a white shirt and red cloth on his shoulder stirs a pot and pours from a steel pail, and women in red, orange and pink saris tend other pots. A gas cylinder and a sack of vegetables sit at the front. Other people move in the background.2012-01-07January 04 20122012-01-04A large outdoor cooking tent with striped purple, green, pink and white canvas covers steam rising over huge stainless steel cooking pots. Several women and men in white hairnets and aprons stir and serve food from the pots, one woman in a red blouse ladling rice from a bowl. Other workers move between tables and stoves in the hazy background under the tent, with plastic bags and vessels scattered on the ground. The scene looks like community food preparation for cyclone relief.2012-01-07January 06 20122012-01-06