{"id":1349,"date":"2023-02-20T13:06:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T18:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kongunorthamerica.org\/web\/?page_id=1349"},"modified":"2023-04-13T10:17:09","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T14:17:09","slug":"kana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kongunorthamerica.org\/web\/kana\/","title":{"rendered":"KANA"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1349\" class=\"elementor elementor-1349\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1165093b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1165093b\" 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-93f9ed7\" data-id=\"93f9ed7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c2f6bf4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c2f6bf4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.14.0 - 26-06-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-call_to_action-5 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock background-parallax\" style=\"color: #1d1d1d; background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8), rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)), url('https:\/\/kongunorthamerica.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/field-banner.jpg');\" data-bg-overlaycolor=\"rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8)\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/kongunorthamerica.org\/web\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ixlibrb-0.3.5q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw1600h900fitcrops38c49b461458c378356c78475b03a2fc.jpg\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 50px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12 col-lg-8\">\n<div class=\"bg-box\">\n<h1 class=\"color2-color\" style=\"font-size: 4em;\">KANA&#8230;<\/h1>\n<h1 class=\"color2-color\" style=\"font-size: 66px; border-width: 0px;\">Cultivating Culture&#8230;<\/h1>\n<div class=\"row bg-editor-hr-wrap\">\n<div class=\"col-lg-12 col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n\n<hr class=\"bg-hr\" style=\"border: 2px solid; margin-left: 0px;\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Kongu Association of North America (KANA) <\/b>is a registered tax-exempt 501(c) non-profit organization founded in North America. Kongu Vellala Gounders are a community of people originating from Kongu Nadu, a region in South India, the western part of Tamil Nadu, with rich culture.<\/span>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"btn-color-2 btn btn-capitalize btn-3d btn-jumbo\" href=\"https:\/\/kongunorthamerica.org\/web\/web\/register\/\">Become a KANA Member Now<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 col-lg-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"color2-background-color color-2-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-about-13 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 50px; padding-bottom: 50px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-8 col-sm-8 col-xs-12 col-lg-8\">\n\n<b>Kongu Association of North America (KANA) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a registered tax-exempt 501(c) non-profit organization founded to<\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preserve, nurture, and promote the rich culture and way of living of the Kongu Vellalar Community.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engage Kongu Youth to promote and carry forward KONGU culture and way of living among Kongu next generation<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help and propagate cultural, educational, social, economic, and community affairs of the people of KONGU origin in North America.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organize periodic South Indian literary, cultural, and educational conferences in the North American continent to promote KONGU culture.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foster brotherhood and togetherness among people from KONGU backgrounds and others<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Organize, unite, and gather Kongu people to celebrate traditional festivals and customs as a community.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Raise, solicit and collect funds and donations either directly or in cooperation with other organizations for cultural, educational, and charitable purposes in North America and worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANA&#8230; Cultivating Culture&#8230; Kongu Association of North America (KANA) is a registered tax-exempt 501(c) non-profit organization founded in North America. 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