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

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)