Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced in Bengaluru that Chandrayaan-3’s lander Vikram touched down spot will be known as Shiv Shakti Point, while addressing the scientists of ISRO in Bengaluru. PM said that the date of Chandrayaan-3 landing on August 23^rd will be celebrated as National Space Day.

PM Modi’s big announcement came at the ISRO ISTRAC in Bengaluru where he arrived today to greet the scientists behind the historic Chandrayaan-3 mission. It is a convention to name the spot of the touchdown on the moon. And India too has now decided to name the point where Vikram lander touched down. That point will now be known as Shiv Shakti Point, PM Modi said.

He said that Shakti in the name Shiv Shakti comes from the hard work, inspiration and empowerment of the women scientists, he added. Additionally, the point on the Moon where Chandrayaan-2 crash landed in 2019 has been named Tiranga Point.

Modi announced that India has decided to also name the point where Chandrayaan-2’s Vikram lander crash-landed. India had decided not to name that point at that time as it did not feel right. But today, when the Chandrayaan-3 mission successfully landed on the Moon, the moment is right to dedicate a name to the point where Chandrayaan-2 left its mark. Since we now have Har Ghar Tiranga and the Tiranga is even there on the Moon, it is only apt to name the point Tiranga Point India’s first contact with the surface of the Moon.

It will be a day of celebrating science and technology and will inspire generations to come, PM Modi said.