Indian Hometown of Kamala Harris’s Grandfather Cheers Ahead of Inauguration
Villagers hold photos of U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in Thulasendrapuram, India, on Jan. 20.
Photographer: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
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Thulasendrapuram, India (AP) -- With chants of “Long live Kamala Harris,” fireworks and prayers, residents of a tiny Indian village celebrated her inauguration as U.S. vice president.
People flocked to the village and its Hindu temple in southern India, to watch Harris, who has ancestral roots in the village, take her oath of office on Wednesday in Washington.