PHOTOS | 'Chandrayaan-3': Pujas, sand castles, and more...Indians pray for Vikram's safe landing

The Vikram lander has made history by becoming the first to land in this region of the moon. The lander and rover have a mission life of one lunar day (14 Earth days) during which it will conduct on-site experiments.

The Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) ambitious third moon mission Chandrayaan-3's Lander Module (LM) is all set to land on the lunar surface this evening, as India eyes becoming the first country to reach the uncharted south pole of Earth's onl 

Devotees at an ashram in Ganesh Nagar in East Delhi offer special prayer or hawan for the safe landing of Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Wednesday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)

People perform special prayers at Mata Vaishno Devi Cave Yoga temple for the success of the Chandrayaan-3 mission, in Dehradun, Wednesday. (PTI)

Students of Sudarshan Sand Art Institute at Puri in Odisha created a sand art depicting moon mission Chandrayaan-3, at Puri sea beach in Odisha. (Photo | Debadatta Mallick, EPS)

Students at Everwin Matriculation School in Chennai pose with their faces painted. (Photo | P Ravikumar, EPS)

Students at Everwin Matriculation School in Chennai pose with their faces painted. A 10,000 sq ft grand design celebrating Chandrayaan- 3's first attempt to land on the Moon's south polar region is seen. (Photo | P Ravikumar, EPS)

Students at Everwin Matriculation School in Chennai pose with their faces painted. A 10,000 sq ft grand design celebrating Chandrayaan- 3's first attempt to land on the Moon's south polar region is seen. (Photo | P Ravikumar, EPS)

Members of Chamarajpet Janapara Vedike and other volunteers perform pooja at a Ganesha temple in Bengaluru on the eve of the Chandrayaan-3 mission landing on the lunar surface. (Photo | Nagaraja Gadekal, EPS)

Students of Pashupatinath Ved Vidyalaya offer prayers for the successful landing of ISRO's 'Chandrayaan-3' on the lunar surface of the Moon, in Patna, on Aug. 23, 2023. (PTI)