Drums, Dance, Crackers...: People In Sunita Williams' Native Village In Gujarat Celebrate Her Return — WATCH

People in Williams' home village celebrated her safe return with fireworks, dancing, and aarti. Her cousin organized a 'Yagna' ceremony for her safe return to Earth.

Four astronauts, including Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who were stuck in the International Space Station for almost nine months, returned to Earth on 3:27 AM IST, Wednesday.

Source : Twitter - NASA

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore finally returned to Earth after nine long months in space. Along with them were NASA's Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, who were part of the space agency's Crew-9.

The people in native village of Sunita Williams, Gujarat's Jhulasan, celebrated her safe return.

As per the visuals posted by news agency ANI people celebrated and bursted firecrackers in Jhulasan in Mehsana district after the successful splashdown of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft. With the beating of drums, people also danced and celebrated the moment.

#WATCH | Mehsana, Gujarat | People express joy and burst firecrackers in Jhulasan - the native village of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams after the successful Splashdown of SpaceX Dragon spacecraft carrying Crew-9 at Tallahassee, Florida

NASA's astronauts Sunita Williams and… pic.twitter.com/fKs9EVnPSf

— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2025

People also expressed joy and performed aarti in Jhulasan for her safe return to Earth.

#WATCH | Mehsana, Gujarat | People express joy and perform aarti in Jhulasan - the native village of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, for her safe return to Earth.

NASA's Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, along with two others, have undocked from the… pic.twitter.com/gLASnb369n

— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2025

Earlier, Dinesh Rawal, Sunita Williams' cousin brother organised 'Yagna' in Gujarat's Ahmedabad for her safe return to Earth.

#WATCH | Dinesh Rawal, Sunita Williams' cousin brother organised 'Yagna' in Gujarat's Ahmedabad, earlier today, for her safe return to Earth.

Stranded in the International Space Station for 9 months, NASA's Boeing Starliner astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore, along… pic.twitter.com/HusGGCsQAF

— ANI (@ANI) March 18, 2025

What Minister of Science and Technology Said?

In a post on X, Jitendra Singh, Minister of Science and Technology, wrote, "A moment of glory , pride and relief! The whole world comes together to celebrate the safe return of this illustrious daughter of India who has instantly gone down in the history for the courage, conviction and consistency with which she endured the uncertainties of Space."

A moment of glory , pride and relief! The whole world comes together to celebrate the safe return of this illustrious daughter of India who has instantly gone down in the history for the courage, conviction and consistency with which she endured the uncertainties of Space. https://t.co/HB8dXMmjGP

— Dr Jitendra Singh (@DrJitendraSingh) March 18, 2025