Special prayers were held at a temple in Tamil Nadu for the victory of Indian-origin Kamala Harris, the vice presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, in the US presidential election on Tuesday. The prayers were held at the Sri Dharmasastha Temple in Thulasendrapuram village, which according to reports, was where Harris' maternal grandfather P.V. Gopalan hailed from.

Earlier when the California Senator was nominated as the vice presidential candidate, the village locals celebrated the news by distributing sweets.

Harris, who had a Jamaican mother and Indian Tamil mother, scientists Shymala Gopalan, after her nomination talked fondly about her Chennai roots, her family and cultural ties and her Tamil ancestry. 

(IANS)