Chandrayaan-3 landing site name ‘Shiva Shakti’ has been approved by IAU

Chandrayaan-3 landing site name ‘Shiva Shakti’ has got approval from the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
The IAU’s working group for Planetary System Nomenclature has approved the name ‘Shiv Shakti’ for the landing site of Chandrayaan-3.
The word “Shiv” stands for the welfare of humanity” and Shakti means strength to achieve the welfare of humanity.
Shiv Shakti point will be a symbol of unity from the Himalayas to Kanyakumari.
ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 was launched on July 14, 2023 and landed successfully on the Moon’s South Pole on August 23, 2023.
On 26 March 2023, PM Modi announced that the place where Chandrayaan-3’s Moon lander touched down would be known as ‘Shiv Shakti’.
The Chandrayaan-2 landing failure spot will be known as “Tiranga Point”.
The day on which Vikram Lander reached the moon’s surface will be celebrated as “National Space Day”.