The Jai Jagat Yatra has reached Iran. On the occasion, Havanes Hovhasian, founder of the Indo-Armenia Friendship Group, was presented the statue of Mahatma Gandhi on behalf of Jai Jagat Yatra director PV Rajagopal and Jill Car Harris.
This statue was made in Gandhi Ashram Sevagram by Jalandar Nath, who is a pedestrian of this journey. Jill Carr Harris, International Coordinator of Jai Jagat informed that the Jai Jagat Yatra started from India will travel 10500 kilometers and reach Geneva on 25 September 2020.
Simultaneously, March from other countries of the world will also conclude at the Geneva. This is a historic foot march for global peace and justice which talk about Gandhi's for non violence and justice.
The youth conclave discussed four pillars of Jai Jagat - elimination of poverty, eradication of social boycott, activism on climate crisis and ending conflicts and violence, in which many youth expressed their views. Rajagopal told the story of the construction of the statue, sitting in front of Gandhi's small hut in Sevagram, to commemorate the statue's visit, and showed Gandhi's simplicity. Rajagopal said "Gandhi urged people to live normally, so that even ordinary people can live", and Hovannes said in support that this message of Gandhi in Armenia is needed today.
Arsene Kharatayan, who is the editor of Alik Media and the Armenian manager of Jai Jagat, discussed the growing depths of friendship in Armenia and Hindustan which have been influenced by Jai Jagat.
Jill Carr Harris spoke about the support that Jai Jagat received from Armenia, and appreciated the support of the Restart Group, especially David Petroson and Agabeg Simonyan.