The spot where the Vikram lander of the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) groundbreaking Chandrayaan-3 mission touched down on the moon has been officially named “Shiva Shakti” following approval by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). The approval came nearly seven months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the landing site would be called “Shiva Shakti”.
The name “Statio Shiva Shakti” for the Chandrayaan-3 landing site was approved by the Paris-based IAU on March 19, as per the Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature which provides detailed information about planetary names approved by the astronomical organisation.
Regarding the origin of the name, the Gazetteer said, “Compound word from Indian mythology that depicts the masculine (‘Shiva’) and feminine (‘Shakti’) duality of nature; Landing site of Chandrayaan-3’s Vikram lander.”
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