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Outdoor relief distribution in a village street beside a pale green painted building with a decorated facade. A bare-chested smiling man with white sacred ash on his forehead and a multi-strand beaded necklace stands at left in red cloth. Several villagers queue, one holding a plate; a woman in a red top wearing a hairnet and gloves hands out food from a green-and-yellow vehicle tailgate, while men in white and checked lungis assist. An orange saffron-coloured flag hangs at upper right.

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January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesOutdoor relief distribution on a village street in Kuttiyankuppam. A men's truck bed with a blue mesh side is loaded with food. A man in a striped shirt and checked lungi stands on the truck, while another in a green striped shirt and checked lungi reaches down. A woman in a navy and white polo holds a plate of food in the foreground. On the right, a foreign-looking young man in a red polo shirt and white hairnet serves food from a tray with gloved hands. An orange flag flies on a pole behind the truck, and a tiled-roof house with laundry stands nearby.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Outdoor relief distribution in a village street beside a thatched straw hut and a brick wall. A man in a dark blue shirt with a tilak on his forehead hands a paper plate to a child, while a man in a white cap and white shirt stands at left. A man in a white dhoti stands on the green tailgate of a truck, passing out food from a steel vessel. Several boys and a girl in a green dress reach forward to receive plates of food, one holding a bowl of rice. The scene reads as an annadaan food distribution.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07Relief distribution on a roadside after a cyclone. Two men in white uniforms and head coverings stand on the flatbed of an orange-brown truck, ladling food from pots into bowls held by a line of villagers. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti with a red border, wearing a rudraksha-style beaded necklace, stands at left directing the line. Women in colourful saris and a girl in a yellow frilled dress and a girl in orange with a flower garland hold bowls and a steel container. Bent palm trees and fallen branches line the road. A banner on the truck shows a portrait of a saffron-robed figure, and the scene is a relief meal under the windy sky.2012-01-06January 07 20122012-01-07 +1 copiesJanuary 07 20122012-01-07Outdoor food distribution in a village lane beside a pale pink and blue building. Men in white shirts and dhotis serve from a blue cart with steel vessels, while a crowd of children and a few adults queue holding steel plates and bowls. A barefoot boy in an orange shirt reaches forward for food, and an elderly woman in a green-and-black patterned sari and pink blouse stands at right holding a bowl. Palm fronds lie on the ground and a few people wear orange or saffron clothing. a person is not visibly present in this frame.2012-01-04January 06 20122012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06