Published 14:56 IST, November 5th 2020

TN village makes rangoli to show support for Kamal Harris ahead of US election results

Ahead of the 2020 US elections result, Residents from Tamil Nadu's Thulasendrapuram are rooting and praying for vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris.

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Ahe of 2020 US elections result, Residents from Tamil Nu's Thulasendrapuram vill are rooting and praying for Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris to win. locals from vill have me a rangoli to show ir support for Kamala Harris and believe that after winning she will come to meet m. Thulasendrapuram vill located in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nu is ancestral vill of Joe Biden's vice-presidential pick.  2020 US elections concluded on vember 3 but counting of votes is still underway. 

"She will come and meet us"

residents of Thulasendrapuram vill have put up several hoardings and photographs of Kamala Harris, wishing her luck in critical  2020 US elections. A few women from vill have also me beautiful and colourful rangoli, especially for vice-presidential candidate along with a mess that res 'We pray for Kamala Harris' and a thumbs up symbol. 

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"We believe that after winning US Elections 2020, she'll come and meet us," said a resident while speaking to ANI.

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Earlier, residents of Kamala Harris' ancestral vill Thulasendrapuram wished her luck and on vember 3, villrs offered prayers at local temple to pray for her victory in 2020 US elections. A local said, "She is a big inspiration. younger generation understands significance of her win in world's biggest ecomy, being vice president of such a big country will be a prideful moment for Indians itself."

More on Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris is an Indian-American born to mor Shyamala Gopalan, who emigrated to America from India, and far Donald Harris who was a British Jamaica-born professor of ecomics at Stanford University. Her full name is Kamala Devi Harris. She has a sister, Maya Lakshmi Harris, who is an American lawyer, public policy vocate and a television commentator. As a child, Harris went to a black Baptist church as well as a Hindu temple. Kamala's mor, Shyamala Gopalan was daugh of a high-ranking civil servant PV Gopalan and was born in Chennai. Kamala's maternal grandfar was born in Thulasendrapuram which is located about 320 km south of Chennai.

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Kamala Harris started her career as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California and went on to become District Attorney of San Francisco. She held office from 2004 to 2011. She previously served as Attorney General of California from 2011 to 2017. 

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Kamala earned a double-major in political science and Ecomics from Howard University, Washington D.C., before she went on to earn a Doctorate in Jurisprudence from University of California, Hastings College of Law, San Francisco. She has written 2 n-fiction books named ' Truths We Hold: An American Journey', 'Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer' and a children's book 'Superheroes Are Everywhere'. She interned as a mailroom clerk for California Senator Alan Cranston when she was studying at Howard University in Washington, D.C. 

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(With inputs from ANI)

14:56 IST, November 5th 2020