Prayers for Trump's running mate Vance in wife's ancestral Indian village

Hindu priest Subhramanya Sharma prays for the victory of Usha Vance's husband JD Vance, US Senator from Ohio and 2024 Republican vice presidential candidate, at a Sai Baba temple in Vadluru. - AFP

VADLURU: Every day in a simple temple in an Indian village, Hindu priest Subhramanya Sharma prays to his god for JD Vance to become vice-president of the United States.

Bowing before a silver cloth-wrapped idol of Sai Baba, a 19th-century guru revered as a deity by his followers, the priest seeks blessings for the Republican politician and his wife, Usha.