Jalandharnath Channole completes his African Peace Walk
Shri Jalandharnath Channole, who joined Sevagram Ashram at the tender age of 15 has been staying in the Ashram for the last 32 years. He is a Gandhian activist,artist, singer and sculptor. Coinciding with the commemoration of the 130th anniversary of young Gandhi's eviction from a train at Pietermaritzburg, he went to South Africa to pay homage to Mahatma. He visited Gandhi's second community experiment at Tolstoy Farm near Johannesburg. It is to be noted that statues of Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela at the site were made by him. He was happy to see the tree at the site planted by them during his last visit four years back.He along with Shri Nitin Sonwane and Shri veteran Gandhian Shri Gopal Sharan undertook the Peace Walk from Johannesburg to Pietermaritzburg from 29th May to 6th of June. He joined the commemoration of the 130 th anniversary of the Pietermaritzburg incident on 7th June 2023. Jalandharnath made a statue of young Gandhi aged 40 for Tolstoy Farm during this tour. On 2nd October, the Young Gandhi Statue will be unveiled at Tolstoy Farm, Lenasia, Johannesburg. He also sculpted another bust of Gandhi during his tour for the place where Gandhi's political guru Gopal Krishna Gokhale was received at Cape Town. He also visited historical places connected with Gandhi and Mandela including Phoenix Settlement in Inanda near Durban and Mandela Capture site at Howick, Natal . He undertook another Peace walk from Mahalapye to Francis town Botswana in the month of July. He returned to India in the first week of August.
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Reception Meeting at Sevagram
On his arrival at the Ashram, Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan organized a reception at the Seminar hall of Yatri Niwas on August 5,2023 to honour Shri Jalandharnath Channole for successful completion of Peace March in Africa.
The programme began with a devotional song recited by Shri Namdeo Dhole of the Ashram. The residents and staff members of the Ashram were present on the ocassion. He was honoured by garlanding with Khadi thread and presenting a Khadi shirt by Smt.Ashaben Bothra President of the Ashram. Shri Pradeep Khelurkar, Secretary and other members also joined her in honouring him.
Smt.Ashaben Bothra President of Sevagram Ashram Pratishthan Wardha presided over the meeting. She appreciated his effort to spread the message of peace and non-violence in Africa.She described his peace Walk in Africa as spreading culture Gandhi Sanskriti in Africa. She stated that she had the opportunity to visit South Africa along with Dr.Siby K.Joseph and others on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Kasturba and Mahatma Gandhi. But this was not a tour but a mission to spread the message of Gandhi and Sevagram to Africa.
Shri Jalandharnath Channole in his reply speech stated that the reception was not for him but for his Jai Jagat yatra.He said he was inspired by the advice given by Acharya Vinoba Bhave to Shri Satish Kumar and Shri E P Menon for their world tour on foot. Travel with out keeping any money in their pockets. This was the guiding principle of his walk too. Those who walk with the message of love will not face any difficulty. He said his earlier peace walk in 2018 was much beneficial because of the contacts he developed during that time in South Africa.People identify the walkers with Gandhi and Mandela. Language of love every body knows and it is the most powerful one.The participants asked some questions related to his peace walk .
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