{"id":770,"date":"2025-11-04T21:34:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-04T16:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kolhapur.wordcamp.org\/2026\/?p=770"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:56:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:26:27","slug":"announcing-the-second-edition-of-wordcamp-kolhapur-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kolhapur.wordcamp.org\/2026\/announcing-the-second-edition-of-wordcamp-kolhapur-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Second Edition of WordCamp Kolhapur 2026!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Learn. Connect. 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Y. 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