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Outdoor cooking area under tarpaulin canopies with striped awnings and palm trees beyond, used for an annadaan meal service. Several men wear white hairnets and work seated on blue tarps around large aluminium pots and pans, chopping red chillies and handling vegetables. A young man in a dark patterned shirt and green head covering lifts a pot lid, and a man in a red t-shirt sits near bags of rice and produce. Stacks of cabbage, onions and green vegetables lie on the right, and gas cylinders stand at the edge. Other people in white clothing move in the background.

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January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A large open-sided relief camp under a corrugated metal roof and striped cloth awnings, serving as an annadaan kitchen. Large steel cooking pots and vessels sit on blue tarpaulins, with heaps of green mangoes, red chillies, ginger, onions and sacks of grain laid out on the ground. Several people in white clothes and white caps or head coverings tend the food and move among plastic chairs. A small truck is parked at the right edge, and palm trees appear beyond the tent.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06A 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.2012-01-06An outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin canopy during cyclone relief work. In the foreground, a blue tarpaulin holds steel trays of chopped red chillies and green leafy herbs, a pot of cooked food, and a bowl of tomatoes. Behind, women in head coverings and saris, some in red, pink and orange, work at large steel cooking pots over fires and gas burners. A man in a red polo shirt and light trousers, with a white cap, stands at the centre holding a bundle of plastic bags. Sacks of rice or grain are stacked at the back and a few chairs are set out.2012-01-06Outdoor annadaan food preparation area under a corrugated metal roof supported by poles, open to palm trees and blue sky. Volunteers in white hairnets and aprons chop vegetables, stir large steel cooking pots and sort produce on tarps and tables. Orange plastic chairs and gas cylinders sit in the foreground, with striped colourful canopies in the background and people in white and orange clothing moving between stations.2012-01-06A large open-sided tent serves a communal meal during cyclone relief work in Kuttiyankuppam village. Many men and women wear white hairnets and stand or sit around large steel cooking pots, ladles and bowls on a dirt floor under a corrugated tin roof. A man in a red shirt and dark trousers faces away from the camera among the crowd, and a worker in a checked shirt spoons food from a big pot. Gas cylinders sit near the cooking stations, with palm trees and a white wall behind.2012-01-06A covered open-air food preparation area at a relief camp, with large metal cooking pots and vats on the ground and a striped tarpaulin roof overhead. Several workers in white hairnets and green head coverings tend the food and stand among stacked vegetables, tomatoes and sacks. A man in a light blue striped shirt with an ID lanyard, and men in white shirts and white dhotis, move between the stalls. Colourful striped awnings and blue tarpaulins shade the wider site, which is dotted with more people.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.2012-01-06