Small Indian village plans special ritual for their famous granddaughter's election
A tiny village in southern India prepares temple prayers for Kamala Harrisʼs presidential bid. Local residents who celebrated her vice-presidency about 4 years ago now hope for another victory
In the heart of Tamil Nadu India‚ a small out-of-the-way village called Thulasendrapuram (which sits roughly 8000 miles from Washington) gets ready for a special temple-prayer
The second paragraph talks about the villages deep-rooted connection to Kamala Harris whose grand-father P.V. Gopalan was born here more than 100 years ago. A stone inside the local temple has both their names carved on it — showing the familys connection to this place
The locals are super-excited about the up-coming election: “We will do special prayer on tuesday morning at temple“ says G. Manikandan who runs a tiny shop nearby; his words reflect the villages strong support for their grand-daughter. Outside the building theres a big sign wishing good-luck to the “daughter of our land“
About 4 years back this place got world-wide attention when people here did prayers for Harrisʼs success: they celebrated her becoming vice-president with fire-works and shared food with everyone. Now as Harris and Trump work hard to get votes in this super-close race (which might take days to show final results) the village hopes for another win
