The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for Kamala Harris, a gaggle of reporters jostled for space and camera angles.

The 34-year-old M Umadevi, a member of the village council, said she related to Harris as a fellow woman politician.

In Tamil Nadu, special prayers were performed on Tuesday at a temple in the ancestral village of the Democratic presidential candidate of the United States Kamala Harris ahead of the presidential elections.

Three American women participated in prayers at Kamala Harris' ancestral village, Thulasendrapuram, Tamil Nadu, wishing her victory in the US presidential race.

Residents in U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' ancestral village in southern India were preparing to hold prayers on election day on Tuesday in a Hindu temple more than 8,000 miles (13,

Residents pray for a Kamala Harris election victory in her grandfather's village of Thulasendrapuram, India. More Videos. Kamala Harris knocks on doors in Pennsylvania on eve of t

Priests perform a ritual for the Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris' success in the upcoming American elections inside a temple in Thulasendrapuram, the village where Harris' maternal grandfather was born,

The small village of Thulasendrapuram in southern India, where Vice President Kamala Harris' maternal grandfather was born, held a prayer ceremony on Election Day for her victory.

A Hindu temple in the vice-president’s ancestral village in India ’s Tamil Nadu state held prayers on election day for her victory over Republican rival Donald Trump. Billboards wishing Ms Harris luck ahead of the crucial polls adorned the lanes of Thulasendrapuram,