Puja, Namaaz To Art: Chandrayaan-3 Landing Excitement Unites India — In Pics

As Chandrayaan-3 is set to land on the lunar south pole on Wednesday, after 40 days of its launch, people across the country offered special prayers at temples wishing for its success.

People across the nation are praying for the successful soft landing of ISRO's Chandrayaan 3 on the Moon

Special prayers were offered during the Ganga Aarti in Rishikesh for the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission. (Image Source: PTI)

Earthen lamps were lit in a formation that read 'Chandrayaan 3' at Varanasi's Assi Ghat. (Image Source: PTI)

Muslim devotees offered namaz at Ajmer Sharif Dargah in Rajasthan for the successful lunar landing of Chandrayaan-3. (Image Source: Twitter/@ANI)

Students of Sudarsan Sand Art Institute created sand art at a beach in Puri. The sand art was dedicated to ISRO's Chandrayaan-3. (Image Source: PTI)

Students of Everwin School in Chennai had their faces painted like the Moon to celebrate the pre-soft landing of Chandrayaan- 3. (Image Source: PTI)

Students of Allahabad Central University made a sand sculpture at Sangam in Prayagraj. The lander (Vikram), which carries a rover (Pragyan) in its belly, is expected to touch down near the south polar region around 6.04 pm (Image Source: PTI)

A man painted in the Indian tricolour holds the national flag and a cardboard cutout of Chandrayaan 3 near Atal Bridge in Ahmedabad. (Image Source: PTI)

If the Chandrayaan 3 mission succeeds, India will become only the fourth country to make a soft-landing on the Moon's surface after the US, China and the erstwhile Soviet Union (Source: PTI)

Students of Ashadeep School in Gujarat's Surat held a banner wishing the successful landing of Chandrayaan-3's on the surface of the Moon. (Image Source: PTI)