As India created history with its successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon’s South Pole, becoming the first country to do so and the fourth overall to reach the Moon surface, netizens erupted in joy.
The uncharted feat was celebrated by Indians as people had prayed for a successful landing of the spacecraft’s Vikram lander, ending the disappointment over the crash-landing of Chandrayaan-2 lander four years ago.
The Mumbai Police paid tribute to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful mission as its musical band Khaki Studio performed a musical rendition of the song ‘Sare Jahan Se Accha’.
“Grand Achievement, Grand Tribute! Can’t describe our overwhelming emotions right now in words, so we chose music instead. Sare Jahan Se Accha…….Mumbai Police Band – Khaki Studio’s grand tribute to @isro.in on this magnificent feat! You make us all proud!” it wrote as caption.
Watch the video below:
Grand Achievement, Grand Tribute!
Can’t describe our overwhelming emotions right now in words, so we chose music instead.
Sare Jahan Se Accha…….
Mumbai Police Band – Khaki Studio’s grand tribute to @isro.in on this magnificent feat! You make us all proud!#CongratsISRO… pic.twitter.com/eJzY5rCbFd
— मुंबई पोलीस – Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) August 24, 2023
Earlier, Mumbai Police’s band Khaki Studio had performed the song ‘Hum Honge Kamyab’ for wishing ISRO luck for a successful landing.
“Pura hai Vishwas! Hum Honge Kamyab!!” Entire nation is waiting for the unbelievable feat by @isro Here’s a special musical tribute by Mumbai Police Band’s Khaki Studio to honour ISRO’s magnificent work,” it wrote.
“Pura hai Vishwas! Hum Honge Kamyab!!”
Entire nation is waiting for the unbelievable feat by @isro
Here’s a special musical tribute by Mumbai Police Band’s Khaki Studio to honour ISRO’s magnificent work. #CongratsISRO#Chandrayan3 pic.twitter.com/Sj5GwqKu7b
— मुंबई पोलीस – Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) August 23, 2023
As Indians waited with bated breath for the spacecraft to land on the surface of the Moon, news agency ANI posted several videos showing prayers being offered for the mission’s success.
From people offering namaz at the Islamic Centre of India in Lucknow to ‘Ganga Aarti’ being performed with Tricolour in hands in Rishikesh and Sadhus performing a ‘havan’ in Varanasi, the country prayed for Chandrayaan-3 achieving the historic feat.
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | People offer namaz at the Islamic Center of India in Lucknow for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3, on August 23. pic.twitter.com/xpm98iQM9O
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2023
#WATCH | Uttarakhand: Ganga Aarti performed with tricolour in hands at Parmarth Niketan Ghat in Rishikesh ahead of the landing of the Chandrayaan-3 Mission on August 23.#Chandrayaan3Mission pic.twitter.com/I45spQjJ1a
— ANI (@ANI) August 22, 2023
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh | Sadhus perform havan in Varanasi for the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3. pic.twitter.com/4RVpGPZX9D
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
A user of the microblogging website X, formerly Twitter, also shared a video of ISRO scientists celebrating the landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon’s South Pole.
Scientists from ISRO watching and celebrating the landing of Chandrayaan 3 on Moon. A friend who is a scientist in ISRO sent me this video ❤️🇮🇳 #Chandrayaan3 #IndiaOnTheMoon pic.twitter.com/Tk7jx63OPF
— Syed Irfan Ahmad (@Iam_SyedIrfan) August 23, 2023
Another X user shared a video of a huge crowd gathered in a market in Surat to watch the Chandrayaan-3’s landing on a large screen.
Pubic at Surat diamond market witnessing historic #Chandrayaan3 landing pic.twitter.com/E1TID2bkqp
— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) August 23, 2023
With India’s successful soft landing on the Moon, it has joined an exclusive club of countries to have landed a spacecraft on the lunar surface, joining the United States, China and the Soviet Union.
The spacecraft’s Vikram lander made the soft landing at 6.04 pm (IST). According to ISRO, the mission’s three objectives are to demonstrate a safe and soft landing on the lunar surface, to demonstrate a Rover roving on the Moon and to conduct in-situ scientific experiments.