The 122nd Annual Convention (Jalsa Salana) of the Ahmadiyya sect started here at the international headquarters at Ahmadiyya Ground Qadian.
More than 25,000 Ahmadiyya Muslim delegates from all over the world and India reached here. More than 5000 Ahmadiyya Muslim devotees are from neighboring Pakistan. Apart from this, visitors from different states of India, specially Delhi, UP, West Bengal, Kerala, Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, MP, Odisha took part in this spiritual gathering.
Syed Tanvir Ahmad, President, Press Committee, Ahmadiyya Jamaat, said that the foundation stone of this unique annual spiritual gathering was laid by Hadhrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian in the year 1891 and as many as 75 persons had attended the Jalsa at that time. “This unique spiritual annual gathering in a symbol of unity, love and universal brotherhood among mankind,” he said. Over 12000 visitors from Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany England, Sri lanka, Malaysia, Holland, Ireland, Kuwait, Japan, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, UAE, UK, US, have arrived and more are expected.