2018 World Hindu Congress at Chicago |
Over 2,000 Hindus from across the globe and 250 thought leaders, including Tibetan leader the Dalai Lama and Art of Living guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, are expected to attend the 2018 World Hindu Congress to be held Sept. 7-9 at the Westin hotel in Lombard, Illinois. Dignitaries at the event include heads of countries with a sizable Hindu population, top tier corporate heads from both India and the U.S., Hindu leaders and media personalities. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is one of the key speakers at the conference, which is being organized by the World Hindu Foundation, headed by IIT, Kharagpur graduate Swami Vigyananand. It will commemorate 125 years of Swami Vivekananda`s historic Chicago address of Sept. 11, 1893. This is the second such conference; the first was held in New Delhi in 2014. The theme of this year`s conference is “Sumantrite Suvikrante” — think collectively, achieve valiantly. With over 3.23 million Hindus in the U.S. and a little over one billion worldwide, making Hindus count globally is a key issue that the conference aims to address. The attendees, including many from the Indian American community, will gather to “connect, discuss, energize and push awareness about critical issues facing Hindus worldwide and figure ways on how the community can be globally significant and impactful,” according to a press release.
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