In India, Gods and beliefs are aplenty. As India's Aditya-L1 mission heads on its 1.5 million kilometre voyage to the L1 vantage point in interplanetary space, special prayers and pujas were held at the 'Suryanar' Sun temple in Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu.

Aditya-L1: Special puja and prayers at 'Sun temple' for India's maiden sun mission

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ministers on Saturday (September 2) congratulated the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) for the successful launch of India's first solar mission Aditya L-1 to study the Sun.

India's ‘sunshine moment’: PM Modi, ministers congratulate ISRO for Aditya L-1 launch

Just days after India achieved the first lunar landing near the unexplored south pole of Moon, the Indian Space Research Organisation launched its Aditya-L1 mission successfully to study the Sun at 11:50 am on Saturday from the launchpad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota.

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