Thulasendrapuram the birthplace of Kamala Harris' maternal Grandfather - in pictures
Janani Jagatheeswari, 20-year-old nursing student from Thulasendrapuram, is rooting for the Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris to win the upcoming US Presidential elections
A neighbour showing the land where PV Gopalan’s house once stood. Mr Gopalan, the grandfather of US Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris was born at Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
Rupan, the priest at the ancestral temple of Ms Harris. The priest had held a special prayer for Ms Harris after President Biden dropped out of the race against the former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The ancestral temple of Ms Kamala Harris at Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu in southern India. Ms Harris has donated $60 for the temple renovation, the village council said.
A priest at the ancestral temple of Ms Harris. The priest had held a special prayer for Ms Harris after President Biden dropped out of the race against the former president and Republican candidate Donald Trump.
The women at Thulasendrapuram are elated by the nomination of Kamala Harris, the “daughter” of their village as the US Presidential candidate in the upcoming election.
A woman plucking flowers to offer it to the temple deity at Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
The signboard showing Thulasendrapuram, the ancestral village of Kamala Harris, the US Vice President, in Tamil Nadu in southern India. Ms Harris’s grandfather belonged to the village.
A young schoolgirl smiles as she waits on her bicycle next to the giant hoarding of Kamala Harris that has been erected at Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu in southern India. Ms Harris, whose grandfather was born in the village, has invoked joy and inspiration among women at the village.
Janani Jagatheeswari, praying to deities for Kamala Harris’s win in the upcoming US Presidential elections at a temple in Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
A shopkeeper has put up a framed picture of Kamala Harris at his shop in Thulasendrapuram, the ancetral village of Kamala Harris in Tamil Nadu in southern India.
Two women on a scooter ride past the hoarding of Kamala Harris at Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu in southern India. The villagers have erected the hoarding to congratulate Ms Harris who has been nominated by her Democratic Party for the top post in the upcoming election.
