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A photo of an outdoor relief kitchen at dusk, with stacked aluminium cooking pots and large metal basins on muddy ground beside a blue plastic drum. Behind them, a man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a gold border and a red-and-gold cloth stands at right, hands clasped in front, wearing a beaded necklace and bracelet. Another worker in a checked lungi stands at upper left near a gas cylinder and cooking vessels under a tarpaulin, with debris and fallen timber behind. The scene suggests post-storm cyclone relief food distribution.

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Outdoor kitchen area with large black and stainless steel cooking pots, pans, lids and ladles set on bare dirt ground in bright daylight. A corrugated metal sheet wall stands behind them with a patterned cloth canopy above. Stacked firewood and clay tiles lie to the left beside a tree and a fence. Two men in white dhoti and shirt and a man in a green shirt and checked lungi stand at the right edge, with a few figures in white visible in the distance.2006-12-29January 06 20122012-01-06A photo of an open-sided relief kitchen under a corrugated metal roof, with storm-damaged trees and stacked broken branches behind. A man in a saffron-orange robe and dark rudraksha mala stands at right beside a steel table of produce and pots. Several people in white dhotis and green head cloths work around large steel cooking vessels, sacks of grain and a red gas cylinder. A woman in a purple sari stands at left.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04Outdoor relief kitchen under a tarpaulin and bamboo-pole shelter, with large aluminium cooking pots set on metal stands over firewood and a red LPG gas cylinder at right. Several workers in green caps and white clothing tend the pots, and a few people in white dhotis and shirts stand among the crowd. Wet muddy ground and striped cloth canopies frame the scene. A man in white dhoti with bare upper body and a white-clad companion stand near the center, but no swami-like cues are clearly visible, so identity is uncertain. Several people are visible in the background.2012-01-06Outdoor relief camp in a cyclone-damaged village, with a large stainless steel cooking pot tipped on dirt ground in the foreground and another large steel pot on a truck bed. Men in white shirts and dhotis unload and handle the pots near a silver minivan, while a man in a khaki uniform stands beside a truck. On the left, two young men in saffron-orange and white cloth stand under a red and white canopy. Two people at right wear green and yellow garments. Bent palm trees and debris surround the site, and a metal rack with a wheeled frame stands at right.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06April 20 20162016-04-20A photograph of an open dirt-lane relief kitchen in misty weather. An orange banner on the left reads Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in English and Tamil, with blue Tamil lettering about cyclone relief. Several men in white dhotis and shirts work around large metal cooking vessels and blue plastic drums, one man in a dark shirt stirring a big pot. A woman in a white sari with a green head covering stands at right beside steel pots, and a red LPG gas cylinder sits near the cookware. Striped awnings and a blue tarpaulin cover the scene; a concrete building and palm trees stand behind.2012-01-03January 06 20122012-01-06