Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' ancestral village in southern India rejoiced on Sunday after she and President-elect Biden were projected to win the presidency.
Firecrackers erupted and prayers were held in Thulasendrapuram, the village where Harris' maternal grandfather was born and raised, after she made history by becoming the first woman, the first Indian American and the first Black woman to win the second-highest U.S. office.
Harris spoke about her Indian heritage during the campaign. In her acceptance address, Harris mentioned the support she had received from her "chittis," a Tamil word for aunts.
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