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riversedge

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Tue Nov 3, 2020, 08:01 PM Nov 2020

US elections 2020: Kamala Harris' ancestral village in Tamil Nadu beams with pride, holds special po

Source: indiatoday.in



US elections 2020: Kamala Harris' ancestral village in Tamil Nadu beams with pride, holds special pooja

Kamala Harris has become a household name in Thulasendrapuram with big banners of her being placed in several parts of the village and special pooja being organised to pray for her victory.

UPDATED: November 3, 2020 21:46 IST



In a remote village called Thulasendrapuram in Painganadu, near Mannargudi in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvarur district, Kamala Devi Harris has become a household name. The village's Shri Dharmasastha Temple has a unique wall where names of people who have made contributions to the temple are etched in Tamil, and the Democratic vice-presidential candidate for the 2020 US election is also one of them.

While the candidature of Kamala Harris is history in the making, her village folks are doing their bit to support their "own girl".

The Shri Dharmasastha Temple is seeing regular visitors and special pooja is being organised to pray for Kamala Harris' victory.................................

Read more: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/us-elections-2020-kamala-harris-ancestral-village-in-tamil-nadu-beams-with-pride-holds-special-pooja-1737698-2020-11-03



very nice to see.


Villagers in Kamala Harris' ancestral village have put up large posters in her support and are organising special prayers for her victory. (Photo: Akshaya Nath/IndiaToday)



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US elections 2020: Kamala Harris' ancestral village in Tamil Nadu beams with pride, holds special po (Original Post) riversedge Nov 2020 OP
Nice. I pulled Thulasendrapuram up, hoping to "walk" the streets, Hortensis Nov 2020 #1

Hortensis

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1. Nice. I pulled Thulasendrapuram up, hoping to "walk" the streets,
Wed Nov 4, 2020, 03:48 AM
Nov 2020

but the Google cams haven't been there yet. Far southwestern India, it's afternoon there now, 88 degrees, feels like 97.

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