{"id":49,"date":"2021-09-23T09:13:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kadampafestivalasia.org\/2026\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-10-12T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T03:40:05","slug":"our-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kadampafestivalasia.org\/2026\/our-founder\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Founder"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full wp-block-hidden-mobile wp-block-hidden-tablet\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"420\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kadampafestivalasia.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Banner-long-v3.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kadampafestivalasia.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Banner-long-v3.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.kadampafestivalasia.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Banner-long-v3-300x49.webp 300w, 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