The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for

The 34-year-old M Umadevi, a member of the village council, said she related to Harris as a fellow woman politician.

Chennai: A festive fervour prevailed in Thulasendrapuram, a nondescript village in Tiruvarur district in the Cauvery Delta region, on Tuesday just before the US Democratic Presidential elections. Thulasendrapuram,

Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu eagerly prays for Kamala Harris to win the U.S. presidential elections.

By Praveen Paramasivam THULASENDRAPURAM, India (Reuters) -With sacred chants, ringing of bells and offerings of flowers and bananas, a Hindu priest in Kamala Harris' ancestral village in southern India conducted prayers on Tuesday for her victory in the U.

As millions of Americans vote, Ms Harris has people rooting for her from thousands of miles away in Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu state.

Residents pray for a Kamala Harris election victory in her grandfather's village of Thulasendrapuram, India. More Videos. Kamala Harris knocks on doors in Pennsylvania on eve of t

Residents in U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ancestral village in southern India were preparing to hold prayers on election day on Tuesday in a Hindu temple more than 8,000 miles (13,

The small village of Thulasendrapuram in southern India, where Vice President Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather was born, held a prayer ceremony on Election Day for her victory.