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‘We are feeling very proud’ – Ancestral village in India to celebrate Kamala Harris’ rise to vice presidency

Ms Harris is set to make history as the first woman, first woman of colour and first person of South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-01-20 09:29
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A tiny, lush-green Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields was beaming with joy on Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the US vice president.

Ms Harris is set to make history as the first woman, first woman of colour and first person of South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency.

In her maternal grandfather’s hometown of Thulasendrapuram, about 215 miles from the southern coastal city of Chennai, people were jubilant and gearing up for celebrations.

“We are feeling very proud that an Indian is being elected as the vice president of America,” said Anukampa Madhavasimhan, 52, a teacher.

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (Alex Brandon/AP)
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (Alex Brandon/AP)

Ms Harris’ grandfather moved to Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, decades ago. Harris’ late mother was also born in India, before moving to the US to study at the University of California.

Lotus flower

She married a Jamaican man, and they named their daughter Kamala, a Sanskrit word for “lotus flower”.

Ahead of the US elections in November, villagers in Thulasendrapuram had pulled together a ceremony at the main Hindu temple to wish Ms Harris good luck.

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After her win, they set off firecrackers and distributed sweets and flowers as a religious offering.

The name of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is made from ingredients of a local savory Murukku at a village house, in Thulasendrapuram (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
The name of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris is made from ingredients of a local savory Murukku at a village house, in Thulasendrapuram (Aijaz Rahi/AP)

Posters of Ms Harris from the November celebrations still adorn walls in the village and many hope she ascends to the presidency in 2024.

President-elect Joe Biden has skirted questions about whether he will seek reelection or retire.

“For the next four years, if she supports India, she will be the president,” said G Manikandan, 40, who has followed her politically and whose shop proudly displays a wall calendar with pictures of Mr Biden and Ms Harris.

Ahead of the inauguration, special prayers for her success are expected to be held at the local temple during which the idol of Hindu deity Ayyanar, a form of Lord Shiva, will be washed with milk and decked with flowers by the priest.

A damaged banner featuring US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris lies behind a local eatery in Thulasendrapuram (Aijaz Rahi/AP)
A damaged banner featuring US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris lies behind a local eatery in Thulasendrapuram (Aijaz Rahi/AP)

On Tuesday, an organisation that promotes vegetarianism sent food packets for the village children as gifts to celebrate Ms Harris’ success.

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