THULASENDRAPURAM: Three American women were among those who participated in a special puja at a temple in US presidential candidate Kamala Harris's ancestral village, Thulasendrapuram, in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday.
The three women, donning pro-Kamala Harris t-shirts, offered prayers at the Sri Dharma Sastha Temple where special prayers were held for the Democratic candidate’s victory over her Republican opponent, Donald Trump.
Sources said the three women travelled from Chennai in a car overnight after learning about the special prayers from media reports.
Thulasendrapuram, where Harris’s maternal grandfather and former Indian diplomat P V Gopalan resided, was bustling with activities.
DMK councillor Arulmozhi Suthakar and her husband Suthakar organised a special puja -- which included abhishegam and archanai to the deity -- for Harris's victory in the intense electoral contest on Tuesday.
The prayers for Harris's victory, who is regarded as the daughter of the soil by the villagers as her mother Shyamala Gopalan's roots are traced to the village, is not unprecedented. They previously conducted such pujas for her victory in the US vice-president elections in 2020. They conducted prayers after her victory, as well.
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