{"id":4383,"date":"2024-06-04T18:39:14","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T08:39:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcanew\/?page_id=4383"},"modified":"2024-06-10T16:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:47:01","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcanew\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4383\" class=\"elementor elementor-4383\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-179cae7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"179cae7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22716f8\" data-id=\"22716f8\" 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elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e1711d\" data-id=\"7e1711d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85f17b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85f17b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hindu Council of Australia is a peak body organisation founded in 1998 with an aim to create a strong and unified Hindu community in Australia. 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