500 Hindu Leaders to Join WHS Conference in Bali

Denpasar (Antara Bali) - About 500 Hindu leaders from around the world will join the second World Hindu Summit (WHS) 2013 on June 13-17.

"We also have planned to create new history of the Hindu by declaring World Hindu Parisad (WHP) and World Hindu Center (WHC)," I Made Bakta, committee chief of WHS said here on Saturday.

Some country delegations have confirmed to attend the WHS such as India, Canada, Malaysia, the United States, Mauritania, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia and Tanzania.

Chief of Indonesian Hindu Council Parisad (PHDI) Ida Pedanda Gde Ketut Sebali Tianyar Arimbawa said the WHS will discuss about several issues like the Hindu, environment, healthy and radicalism.

  Minister of Religion Suryadharma Ali will open WHS in Samuan Tiga Temple, Gianyar District on June 13. (IGT)