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Outdoor photo of a food distribution (annadhan) at a rural site with palm trees and a blue-and-green truck with lettering behind. A man in a white dhoti and white shirt with a green hair net stands at right holding a dark burlap sack, while another man in a brown shirt and grey shorts leans over a large yellow-orange metal vessel filled with cooked rice or food. A bare-chested man in a white dhoti wears a green head covering and a beaded necklace, holding a cup, and a man in a grey striped shirt stands at left. Sandy ground and a white car are visible in the background.

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January 06 20122012-01-06Cyclone relief food preparation in a dim kitchen. Several men in white dhotis with gold borders and green or white head covers stand around a large metal cooking pot being scooped and loaded into the open back of a green-framed vehicle. Behind them stand stacked steel cooking vessels and pots, a white plastic chair and sacks, with a fluorescent light overhead. The men lean over the truck bed working together, one in a grey shirt and white lungi, another in a white dhoti.2012-01-07A photograph of a food-distribution scene outdoors beside a parked truck with wooden slatted sides. A large dark metal pot in the foreground holds many individually wrapped foil packets. Several men in white dhotis and kurtas stand around, some wearing white hair nets or caps; one older man in a white kurta wears a striped yellow-and-orange head wrap and glasses, with a lanyard around his neck. A young man in a striped polo shirt talks on a mobile phone, and another man in a dark shirt with an ID badge gestures. Palm trees and a bright dusty ground appear in the background, with a second metal pot at the lower right.2012-01-04Outdoor relief distribution under a corrugated tin roof with palm trees behind. In the foreground a large dark pot holds yellow rice. A man in white dhoti and shirt with a green hairnet stands at the truck; a woman in a colourful floral sari with an orange blouse stands at the pot. Several men in white shirts and dhotis, one in a grey shirt, a man in a red shirt, and a man in an orange robe with rudraksha beads, wear green or white head coverings. A flatbed truck with wooden sides is loaded with sacks and boxes, and a colourful banner hangs on the truck. Annadaan food service at a village relief camp.2012-01-06A relief food distribution at an outdoor camp beneath a red patterned tent with orange flags. Several men in white shirts and white or green hair nets stand around a truck with a wooden slatted side, serving from a large steel pot of yellow food. A man in a blue-and-white shirt wears a dark bead mala, and another in a striped shirt and gold chain stands nearby. Devotees and onlookers crowd the open ground at the edge of the frame.2012-01-03January 04 20122012-01-04Photograph of volunteers in white shirts and green hairnets working at a large metal cooking pot filled with cooked food. A man in the foreground leans over the pot, and an older man with a rudraksha mala beside him reaches toward the food. Other workers in white and blue uniforms and a canvas-covered shed are visible in the background.2012-01-04January 04 20122012-01-04January 07 20122012-01-07January 03 20122012-01-03A cyclone relief food distribution in a village street. A woman in a beige patterned sari with a mala necklace and a green hairnet reaches over a green-painted cart to serve food. A young man in a blue checked shirt and a boy in dark clothes lean in to receive portions. A man in a striped polo shirt with a green hairnet holds a ladle over a bowl of yellowish food, and a white sack sits on the cart. Houses, a palm-frond debris pile and a palm tree line the street behind them.2012-01-06January 06 20122012-01-06