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World Hindu Congress moves to Chicago this year
Updated On: 27 July, 2018 11:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar
Around 2,000 delegates from around the world to attend meet from September 7-9
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Organised every four years, the previous edition of the World Hindu Congress was held in the national capital (Delhi) in 2014
Come September and the Windy City, to call Chicago (USA) by its commonplace moniker, will see at least 2,000 delegates arriving for the second World Hindu Congress (WHC) to be held from September 7 to 9. Shriraj Nair, Mumbai joint secretary, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), said, "The World Hindu Congress is held every four years. We had the previous one in New Delhi in 2014."
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This congress is timed to mark the eve of the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's historical address to the Parliament of World Religions. Vivekananda represented India and Hinduism at the Parliament of the World's Religions (1893). This was the first World's Parliament of Religions in Chicago, held from September 11 to 27, 1893.
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