An Indian village celebrates the election of her daughter as a vice president
Indians set off fireworks on Sunday and prayed thanks to the election of Kamla Harris as the new vice president of the United States, describing her election as a proud moment for Americans of Indian descent.
Harris, born to an Indian mother and father from Jamaica, who both immigrated to the United States to study, made history when she became the first woman to win an election for the second-largest American office.
In her ancestral village of Tulasandrapuram in southern India, about 8,000 km from the capital, children raised pictures of Harris as people gathered at the Temple of Farha, after her victory with President-elect Joe Biden.
Women painted murals in the courtyard of the temple, and musicians played traditional pieces.
"There is now a woman with roots in this small village holding one of the most prestigious positions in the United States," said R Camaraj, a minister in the government of Tamil Nadu state in southern India who participated in the celebration.
This is a proud moment. ”
Harris, who visited the village when she was five, often recounted her memories of walking with her maternal grandfather on the beach in the southern city of Chennai during annual trips from the United States to India.
Harris said in a 2018 speech that her conversations with her grandfather made a deep impression on her character.
Harris has been in close contact with her family in India and her uncle has said he intends to attend her inauguration next January.
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