Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday was the first to congratulate the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for successfully landing Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon.
PM Modi, who was in Johannesburg for the BRICS Summit 2023, watched the Vikram Lander touch down on the Lunar sirface virtually from South Africa.
He hailed ISRO for its historic achievement and then called up the Indian space organisation chief S Somnath to congratulate him.
The Prime Minister also reminded Somnath of how his name is related to Chandra, which is the Hindi word for Moon.
“Aapka to naam Somnath hai, aur Somnath to naam chandra se juda hua hai,” PM Modi said on the phone, a video of which is going viral on social media.
#WATCH | Johannesburg, South Africa | Immediately after the success of Chandrayaan-3, PM Narendra Modi telephoned ISRO chief S Somanath and congratulated him. pic.twitter.com/NZWCuxdiXw
— ANI (@ANI) August 23, 2023
Historic day for India's space sector. Congratulations to @isro for the remarkable success of Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission. https://t.co/F1UrgJklfp
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 23, 2023