Celebrations in the hometown of the Kamala Harris family in India: "A source of pride for all women"

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India this Sunday celebrated the election of Kamala Harris as Vice President of the United States and hailed the historic victory of this woman of Indian origin.

Kamala Harris

paid tribute on Sunday to her mother,

, a cancer specialist born in the city of

, in southern India.

"He deeply believed in an

where a moment like this was possible," he said in front of his followers.

In the village of

in the southern state of

, where

maternal grandfather

,

, a senior Indian official, was born, residents have celebrated the event.

They lit firecrackers, prayed in the main temple and displayed portraits of the first woman to become vice president of the

at the age of

.

The villagers have made a rangoli, a colorful work of art drawn on the ground, which read: "Congratulations to

."

"It is a source of pride for the entire female population,"

, a housewife

, told Afp

.

Family takeover

Children with Kamala Harris banners in their hometown of India.REUTERS

Harris's Indian uncle

, an academic, has said that he always knew she would be successful.

"I am relieved because I knew she was going to win, and I told her yesterday," he told WION TV from

.

On Friday, she told Afp that

family

living in

would travel to the

to attend her inauguration in January.

"We were together as a family when she was sworn in as senator. And we will all be together when she is sworn in as vice president of the

. This is a great moment for us."

In

, locals have also congratulated Harris on his Indian origins.

For

, 25, "it is a proud moment for us as Indians as well because his roots are here."

"The fact that I am the Vice President of the United States is a great achievement not only for the

and Indians, but also for women around the world," said

, who works in the health and care sector development of the capital.

"This victory is a ray of hope, the hope of staying strong in a society that constantly judges you on archaic notions of sex, race and ethnicity ...".

On Sunday morning, Prime Minister

congratulated

on his election to the

and stressed that the choice of his running mate was a source of "immense pride."

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