File picture of prasadam provided to villagers of Thulasenthrapuram in Tiruvarur district in entrance of the Sri Dharma Sastha temple, after praying for the victory of US presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Photograph credit score: M. Moorthy
An air of pleasure and expectation permeates the village of Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvarur district, with the hope that Kamala Harris wins the US presidential election.
Villagers have held prayers on the Sri Dharma Sastha temple in her ancestral village hoping she is going to defeat former president and Republican Donald Trump, and emerge victorious as People vote immediately to elect their subsequent president.
Thulasendrapuram is the ancestral village of Ms Harris’s grandfather and former Indian diplomat, PV Gopalan. His mom Shyamala was the daughter of Gopalan.
The city got here to the highlight in August 2020, when Ms. Harris was nominated because the Democratic vice-presidential candidate, after which celebrated her victory later that 12 months.
“Our most honest prayers are for the daughter of the soil to win the elections and grow to be president of probably the most influential nation on this planet,” stated councilor Arulmozhi and her husband T Sudhakar, who organized a particular sandalwood and turmeric abishekam , plus a particular ‘archanai’ for the temple’s presiding deity Sri Dharma Sastha, the household deity of Ms Harris’s ancestors.
They’ve erected an enormous banner along with his picture, wishing him success within the elections.
A calendar with photos of US President Joe Biden and Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris hangs inside a store in Thulasendrapuram, the village the place Harris’ maternal grandfather was born, within the southern state of Tamil Nadu. . Photograph credit score: Reuters
Comparable prayers crammed the air in Madurai, the place Anushanathin Anugraham, a religious organisation, held a particular prayer on November 4.
If Ms Harris wins within the elections, then the leaders of Painganadu village within the district will supply ‘annadhanam’ (free meals) to the poor.
“Her ancestors are from our village…she is a girl preventing for an enormous place and we would like her to win,” says Arulmozhi.
Ms Harris’s maternal grandfather Gopalan was born on this village earlier than transferring to Chennai. He had contributed almost ₹1 lakh to the Sri Dharma Sastha temple.
A donation of ₹5,000 was made to the temple for its Kumbhabhishekam (consecration) within the identify of Kamala Harris in 2014, indicating her reference to the temple, though none of her household lives within the village immediately.
His donation led the temple authorities to inscribe his identify on a stone slab containing the shrine’s checklist of donors.
Printed – Nov 05, 2024 12:48 pm IST
