The town has been in the news since the day Joe Biden chose Kamla Harris as his running mate.
Tiruvarur (Tamil Nadu):
The ancestral village of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in India held a “rangoli” to congratulate her on Sunday’s election victory.
Women from the village of Thulasendrapuram in the Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu, the home village of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, drew a special colorful “rangoli” to congratulate her. The message reads, “Congratulations Kamla Harris, the pride of our people,” along with “Vanakkam America.” In addition to this, the locals of Thulasendrapuram celebrated their victory by putting up posters, distributing sweets and burning firecrackers.
She has broken many glass barriers by becoming the first woman and Native American to be elected Vice President of the United States.
The town has been in the news since the day Democratic candidate Joe Biden chose Kamla Harris as his running mate and running mate.
Kamala Harris was born to a Jamaican father and Indian mother Shyamala Gopalan, who was born in Chennai before moving to the United States to study further. Shyamala was a prominent cancer researcher and activist. Kamala Harris’ maternal grandfather was born in Thulasenthirapuram, located about 200 miles south of the city of Chennai. Shyamala was the daughter of PV Gopalan, a high-ranking official.
Kamala Harris is the first Native American to be elected San Francisco District Attorney, the first South Asian American to become a US Senator.
Kamala Harris, 55, began her career in the 1990s at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office in the city of Oakland and then became the first woman of color in 2011 to serve as California’s attorney general. .
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