India has been celebrating since last night, and rightly so, as the Indian Space and Research Organisation (ISRO) made history with Chandrayaan-3! August 23, 2023, has become a historic day for the country with Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram Lander successfully completing a soft landing on the south pole of the moon. India’s space mission has not only become the first to do this, and the fourth country to reach the moon, but the event itself was another milestone with about eight million users tuning in to watch the live stream on YouTube.
Since the landing, social media has been abuzz with netizens lauding ISRO and team Chandrayaan, and prominent names from Bollywood and sports, as well as Indian brands have joined in as well.
Here are a few posts by film and sport personalities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar along with brands like Google and Amul echoing the jubilation of fellow Indians.
Amitabh Bachchan penned a patriotic poem in Hindi and posted it with a photo of the Indian National Flag and the moon on Instagram.
Shah Rukh Khan quoted lines from the song Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai from Yes Boss (1997). “Chaand Taare todh laoon….Saari Duniya par main chhaoon. Aaj india aur #ISRO chhaa gaya…” he wrote.
A proud Sourav Ganguly congratulated ISRO on the moon landing. “Proud of my country .. it’s the best…” were his sentiments.
Sachin Tendulkar acknowledged the people behind the mission, “Humble, hardworking women & men, coming together, overcoming challenges, and making our tricolour fly high…” and shared a photo of him watching the moon landing.
Google celebrated in signature style with an adorable animated doodle on August 24, to mark “the first landing on the moon’s south pole!”
As always, Amul got creative and the Amul girl featured in a punny artwork to mark the historic landmark. The popular idiom ‘Chaar chaand lag gaye’ could not have been used better.
Babil Khan’s love note to ISRO, “We love you to the moon and back” resonates with the emotions of the nation.
Who thought the groovy AP Dhillon song would have a new meaning? Well, Gajraj Rao did! The veteran actor’s “Finally Brown Munde landed on Moon” is cheeky and apt.
Tollywood actor Vikram Chatterjee beamed with pride.
Bong Mom’s Cookbook, a digital creator, who interned at ISRO and worked as an engineer/scientist with the space organisation, shared a photo of the most popular dish at the ISRO canteen — Ghee Upma