Posters of Kamala Harris have been erected in her native place on August 18 ahead of her nomination as presumptive Democratic vice president. Posters have pictures of Harris with a text in Tamilian script. Trustee of Sri Sewage Perumal temple in Trichy, Ramanan said, “Her father was born in this village and that is how this village came into limelight.” Harris has served as the junior United States senator from California since 2017.