Indian village where Kamala Harris has ancestral roots praying for her victory

Villagers tie a banner featuring US Vice President Kamala Harris outside a temple in Thulasendrapuram (Aijaz Rahi/AP)

Residents of a small South Indian village have gathered to pray for Kamala Harris’s success in the US presidential election.

There is little to distinguish the village of Thulasendrapuram from any other rural community in Tamil Nadu, except its connection to the woman who could become America’s first leader with South Asian roots.