Ancestral village in India to celebrate Kamala Harris’ rise to vice presidency

A banner featuring U.S. Vice President-elect Kamala Harris with a message wishing her the best is displayed in Thulasendrapuram, the hometown of Ms Harris’ maternal grandfather, south of Chennai, Tamil Nadu state, India (Aijaz Rahi/AP)

A tiny, lush-green Indian village surrounded by rice paddy fields was beaming with joy on Wednesday hours before its descendant, Kamala Harris, takes her oath of office and becomes the US vice president.

Ms Harris is set to make history as the first woman, first woman of colour and first person of South Asian descent to hold the vice presidency.