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A photo of a dim, whitewashed storeroom or kitchen store where produce is being sorted and weighed. Two men stand at the left, one bare-chested in a dark vest and red lungi, the other in a white shirt with a red-and-white checked cloth on his head, gesturing. A woman in a green and blue sari stands in the centre by sacks and steel containers. Another woman in a white sari sits at the lower right. A blue tarpaulin covers the floor with piles of tomatoes, coconuts, cabbages, green leaves and bananas, and an old iron weighing scale sits in the middle. Sacks, steel vessels and drums line the right wall. No a person candidate is visible.

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A photograph of a dimly lit storeroom where workers sort and weigh produce on a blue tarpaulin. A man in a black sleeveless vest and red-checked lungi stands at left, while another man in a white shirt and pink-and-white cloth on his shoulder stands beside him. A woman in a teal patterned sari bends over sacks at centre, and a woman in a white sari and blue border sits at lower right. Piles of tomatoes, onions, green leafy vegetables and gourds lie on the tarp, a hanging platform scale sits in the middle, and steel vessels and burlap sacks line the walls. No visible a person candidate is present.2012-04-06April 06 20122012-04-06Photo of a storeroom-kitchen for an ashram annadan, with volunteers preparing food on the floor. Four people sit or crouch on a blue tarpaulin among heaps of fresh tomatoes, potatoes and green leafy vegetables being sorted and chopped. A woman in a white top with a rudraksha-style necklace and a woman in a green sari work at the centre; a person in a blue shirt sits at left, and another in a pink sari with a hairnet cuts greens at front. Stacked sacks of grain and rice fill the background, with steel pots and blue plastic drums at right.2012-01-08A large open-sided tent kitchen at night, lit by tubular fluorescent lights hung from poles and a tarp roof. Heaps of fresh produce cover blue tarps on the ground: green okra or beans, red chillies, and a pile of ginger. Several workers in white shirts and head coverings stand among steel pots and cooking tables, and large white sacks are stacked along the right. The setting suggests food preparation for annadaan, though the image shows only the kitchen and produce, with no a person visible.2012-01-06A tiled storage room with white walls and a metal-framed ceiling with a ceiling fan. Heaps of vegetables are spread on blue tarpaulins across the floor, including red tomatoes or chillies, green leafy bunches, brown onions and potatoes. Large green mesh sacks of onions are stacked against the right wall, and white woven sacks marked UREA are piled on the left beside stacks of plastic crates and bags. No people are visible.2012-11-27January 06 20122012-01-06A large open-sided tent kitchen with a tarpaulin roof and striped awnings, lit by strip lights. Heaps of fresh vegetables, including green bitter gourd, orange carrots, pale squash, red tomatoes and green beans, lie on blue tarpaulins on the ground beside sacks of rice and flour. Volunteers in white clothing and green head coverings sit and prepare food at low tables, while others stand and move about in the background. This appears to be an annadaan food-preparation area.2012-01-06A covered outdoor relief kitchen under a dark tarpaulin roof on a flat, sandy site with palm trees beyond. Women in green and red saris and blue hair nets sit and work among heaps of produce: green okra-like pods, pale green gourds, red tomatoes and piles of fresh ginger on blue tarps. Large white sacks of rice or grain are stacked in the foreground, and steel cooking pots and tables are set up along the back. Several people are visible in the background, working around the stalls. No one is identifiable as a particular figure, and this is an everyday relief-camp scene rather than a ritual.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06Under a corrugated metal roof on a relief site, women volunteers sit on blue tarpaulins preparing food for an annadaan. Heaps of cabbage, carrots, radishes, green beans and other vegetables cover the ground, with large steel pots and sacks nearby. Several women wear orange, yellow and red saris and white head coverings. Storm-damaged trees and bare land stand beyond the open shed.2012-01-06January 04 20122012-01-04A photograph of a busy communal kitchen with a red-brown tiled floor and tall black support pillars. In the foreground, a stainless steel trolley holds fresh tomatoes and heaps of green leafy herbs, with more greens in a blue bin and a red crate. Several workers in orange and saffron clothing move around the kitchen: a young woman in a pink top and orange skirt stands at left chopping produce, an older woman in orange sits near the back, a man in a dark shirt and a man in a yellow shirt with white cloth stand at the middle stoves, and a woman in white is at the right. Large steel cooking pots, kadais and a blue gas cylinder sit on counters beneath wall clocks and ceiling fans.2010-02-12