Highlights
- Thulasendrapuram (Dharma Sastha Temple) — An agrarian Cauvery-delta village that is the ancestral home of former US Vice President Kamala Harris's maternal grandfather, P. V. Gopalan. Its Dharma Sastha (Ayyanar) temple, to which the Gopalan family donated, carries a stone plaque bearing the family name and gained international attention during Harris's rise. The village became a symbol of Tamil Nadu's diaspora heritage.




