Chennai sources stated that a temple official told seeking blessings of the Moon god Chandran for Indian space agency establishing communication links with the Chandrayaan-2 moon lander Vikram, special “abhishekam” was held at the Chandranaar Temple in Tamilnadu’s thanjavur district, and V. Kannan, Manager at the sri Kailasanathar Temple or Chandranaar Temple said “In the morning we had special abhishekam for the blessings of Chandran so that communication link can be established with Vikram”.
Furthermore he said it was unfortunate that Vikram had some problems. According to him, Monday is a special day for Chandran god. Chandran is also known as ‘Thingal’ in Tamil and Monday in Tamil is ‘Thingal’. Apparently on the scheduled date of September 7, vikram while on its descent to soft land on the lunar’s south polar region apparently lost control and crash landed on the lunar surface snapping communication links.
Moreover an official told preferring anonymity. He also said there is a possibility of the lander getting broken on impact. Hence the pictures were taken by india’s Chandrayaan-2 orbiter that is orbiting the Moon and Kannan said the special prayers were their contribution for india going forward in its scientific program.
