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Dusk photograph of a village street lined with low houses and palm trees, where volunteers in white clothes and green head coverings serve food from a blue-trimmed table into bowls. Around fifteen villagers, mostly men in white shirts and lungis and women in saris, stand close together waiting for the meal. A tarp-covered stall and parked motorbikes are visible on the right. No identifiable a person figure is present; the people are volunteers and villagers receiving annadaan.

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Night-time photograph of a dimly lit village lane where volunteers serve food from a large metal pot on a blue-railed cart in the foreground. Volunteers in white shirts and white or checked lungis stand around it, one wearing a green hairnet and another a yellow t-shirt, while a bare-chested man holds a bowl. Villagers, including women in yellow and orange saris, gather along the lane beside parked motorcycles and bicycles and a blue-green building. Lantern or lamp light glows at left, and a yellow tarpaulin shelter stands at right. The scene depicts annadaan food distribution during a relief camp.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a rural village lane lined with thatched-roof huts and dry straw piles. Several volunteers in plain white dress and rudraksha beads stand at the open back of a pickup truck, handing out food from metal pots and plates to villagers. One volunteer in a blue-grey shirt and checked lungi reaches into the truck bed, while a man in a green surgical cap leans in from the front. Children and women in saris and head coverings gather closely, reaching forward for portions. Palm trees and more huts line the background path.2012-01-06A crowd of villagers queues along a dirt road beside a low yellow building, collecting food from a vehicle's open rear hatch. Volunteers in pale blue hair caps and an orange-striped sari serve yellow rice from a large steel pot into paper plates held out by men in white shirts and lungis. Elderly women in saris and children stand in the press, and a goat is visible at the right edge.2012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a village street after a storm, with palm trees, a tiled-roofed concrete building and scattered crop stalks. A worker in a grey shirt and light green head covering hands out food from the open back of a wooden-sided truck, and a second worker in white with a head covering helps beside it. Villagers crowd forward holding paper plates and steel containers, including a woman in a blue top with a dark patterned cloth, a woman in orange, a woman in pink, and a small child on a woman's hip. Several people in the foreground are visible. Overcast sky.2012-01-06Night-time food distribution in a village lane lined with thatched huts and a plain wall. A truck bed with blue slatted sides is loaded with large steel vessels, and a man in a light blue shirt stands on it passing out containers. Many villagers crowd forward with steel plates and bowls raised, including women in saris and older women with grey hair, and children reaching up. Orange flags are fixed to the truck. On the right, a young man with a white tilak on his forehead and a light orange cloth draped over his shoulders holds a plate of food.2012-01-04A street-side food distribution in a village lane lined with low tiled-roof houses and palm trees. A man in a white shirt and green head cloth stands on a raised platform, and another man in a khaki shirt pours food from steel vessels to a crowd. Women in colourful saris, including red and orange, turquoise and purple, hold out plates and steel dishes. A boy in a striped shirt watches at right, and a man on a motorcycle is at the lower left. Outdoor annadan service in progress.2012-01-04Outdoor photo of a village lane after a cyclone, with damaged thatched and tiled houses, leaning palms and fallen debris. A crowd of villagers, mostly women in blue, orange and pink saris, reaches up toward a truck bed holding steel vessels. A woman in an orange sari and white head cloth stands in the truck, while a volunteer in a teal head covering and white top stands beside her, and another person in teal works below. Several children watch at the edges, and a small orange flag is visible on the truck. Relief food distribution is shown.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07