Priests performs special pooja at Mahakal temple for India's ambitious Moon mission

Special poojas were performed at Ujjain's Mahakal as the Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram' will begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on the lunar surface in the early hours of Saturday.

Ujjain (Madhya Pradesh): Ahead of the much-anticipated Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram', residents in the religious city of Ujjain have begun special poojas in the Ujjain's Mahakal temple.

It is believed that special chanting would prevent any kind of crisis during the landing process of Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram.'

While talking exclusively to ETV Bharat, a priest of Mahakal temple said, "We have organised a special pooja for the successful Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram.' We have also performed a similar kind of pooja when it was decided to launch on 15 July 2019 but due to some technical problem it was delayed."

A successful landing will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to achieve a soft landing on the moon. But it will be the first to launch a mission to the unexplored lunar south pole.

Profile of Chandyaan 2

Chandrayaan-2 moon mission is an indigenous mission which will land on Moon after 48 days. Earlier Chandryaan-2 was decided to launch on 15 July 2019 but due to some technical problem it was delayed. Chandrayaan-2 is now ready to launch from GSLV-Mk-III rocket. No doubt the Chandrayaan-2 mission comes nearly 11 years after India's first expedition to the moon in October 2008. Therefore, the space agency said it is better to be delayed rather than any complications.

It is one of the biggest projects till date. The journey of Chandrayaan-2 is around 3.84 lakh km to Moon. It will be injected into an earth parking 170 x40400 km orbit. The weight of Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft is approximately 3850 kilograms. It will collect data on water, minerals and formations of rock.

Chandrayaan-2's landing module 'Vikram' will begin its final descent to pull off a historic soft landing on the lunar surface in the early hours of Saturday, as the Indian Space Research Organisation awaits with bated breath for the "terrifying moment".

A successful landing will make India the fourth country after Russia, the US and China to achieve a soft landing on the moon. But it will be the first to launch a mission to the unexplored lunar south pole.