Tiranga And Shiv Shakti: India Names Two Areas On Moon Related To Chandrayaan Missions

PM Narendra Modi met ISRO Chief S Somnath and addressed scientists over the success of India's third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, and lauded their efforts and zeal in Bengaluru.

PM Modi In Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday met the ISRO chief S Somnath and scientists who worked on the Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission. The PM returned from his recent South Africa and Greece visit and soon decided to meet and greet the minds behind India's successful third lunar mission. Speaking to the gathering in Bengaluru, the PM said that although he was in South Africa, his mind was here in India with scientists. The PM also announced that the landing site of the Chandryaan-3 will now be named 'Shiv Shakti' and the touch-down point of Chandryaan-2 will be called 'Tiranga'.

Here are top quotes from PM Narendra Modi's address to the ISRO scientists:

PM Modi ISRO Visit: Top Quotes

• PM Modi said: "Today, I am feeling a different level of happiness...such occasions are very rare...this time, I was so restless...I was in South Africa but my mind was with you: PM Modi at ISRO Telemetry Tracking & Command Network Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru."

 

• "I wanted to meet you all, salute you as soon as I landed in India," PM Modi said as he got emotional while addressing ISRO scientists in Bengaluru on the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon's surface.

 

• Remembring the moments of Chandrayaan-3's landing, he said, "...Meri aakhon ke saamne 23 August ka vo din vo ek ek second baar baar ghoom raha hai..."

 

• "This is India, which thinks innovatively and uniquely. This is the India which goes to dark zones and illuminates the world by spreading light," PM Modi added while addressing ISRO scientists in Bengaluru.

 

• This is no ordinary achievement; it’s a roaring announcement of India’s scientific achievement in the infinite universe, the Prime Minister added.

 

• PM said: "India is on the Moon, we have our national pride placed on the Moon."

 

• The Prime Minister named the landing site of Chandryaan-3 'Shiv Shakti Point', adding "Shiv Shakti Point will stand testimony to India's scientific advancement, commitment and temperament for future generations."

 

• "Women scientists played a key role in Chandrayaan 3..this 'Shivkshakti' point will inspire the upcoming generations to use science for the welfare of people. The welfare of people is our supreme commitment..", the Prime Minister said at ISRO Telemetry Tracking & Command Network Mission Control Complex in Bengaluru.

 

• He also named the touch-down point of Chandryaan-2. He said that it was supposed to be done earlier but it was decided that when Chandryaan-3 would land on the Moon, only then the naming of both points would take place. PM Modi named the touch-down point of Chandryaan-2  as 'Tiranga'.

 

• "The spot on the lunar surface where the Chandrayaan-2 left its footprints in 2019 will be known as 'Tiranga'. This will be an inspiration for every effort made by India. it will remind us any failure is not final..," he said.

 

• The Prime Minister also declared to observe August 23, the day when Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon, as National Space Day. "India will celebrate August 23 as National Space Day to mark the successful touch down of Chandrayaan-3 mission's lander."

 

• Lauding the ISRO, PM said that our scientists built an artificial Moon at the Indian Space Research Organisation research facility to test the soft landing of the lander. "The lander was bound to succeed as it passed several tests before going there (to the Moon)," PM Modi added.

 

• The PM also said that with Chandrayaan-3, ISRO took 'Make in India' to the moon and awakened an entire generation and left a deep imprint on them.

 

• Talking about the Indian space industry, PM Modi said that experts suggest that in a few years, India's space industry will become $16 billion from $8 billion.