Thulasendrapuram or Thulasendirapuram is a village in Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India.[1] It is about 7 km from Mannargudi and 300 km from state capital Chennai.[2] In 2020, its population was approximately 350.[3][4]
Thulasendrapuram | |
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Village | |
  Thulasendrapuram Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 10°35′51″N 79°27′10″E / 10.5976093°N 79.4527823°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvarur |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 614 020 |
Places
edit- Sri Santana Mariamman Kovil (Temple)
- Sri Sevaga Perumal Kovil (Temple)
- Sri Dharmasasta Temple
- Sri Rama Ganapathy Temple
- Sri Vallabha Mahaganapathi (Temple)
- Thamarai Kulam (Lake)
Notable people
edit- P. V. Gopalan, maternal grandfather of Kamala Harris, the 49th vice president of the United States.[3][5][6]
References
edit- ^ "Thulasendirapuram" (PDF). List of Village Panchayats in Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Sankaran, Vishwam (1 August 2024). "How Kamala Harris is still the pride of her Indian ancestral village". The Independent. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
It is more than a century since Harris's grandfather was born here in Thulasendrapuram, a tiny hamlet some 300km away from the state capital Chennai.
- ^ a b Aijaz Rahi (8 November 2020). "Firecrackers and prayers as Indians celebrate Harris' win". AP. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Press, Associated (8 November 2020). "Kamala Harris' ancestral home celebrates her US election victory". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
The village of Thulasendrapuram, population 350, planned to celebrate Harris' success with singing, dancing and firecrackers at a temple later on Sunday.
- ^ "Prayers for Kamala Harris in ancestral Indian village, for Trump in Delhi". CNN. AFP. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
- ^ Petersson, Torbjörn (11 August 2024). "Byborna hoppas att Kamala Harris ärvt morfaderns kyla". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
Hennes morfar Painganadu Venkatraman Gopalan Iyer – ofta förkortat PV Goplan – (född 1911) flyttade från Thulasendrapuram, gifte sig och fick fyra barn.
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