Shillong Chamber Choir Creates History, To Perform 'Vande Mataram' For Chandrayaan-2 Moon Landing

07:54 AM Sep 06, 2019 | G Plus News

GUWAHATI: When the entire world will be glued to their television sets to witness ISRO's Chandrayaan-2 Moon Landing, Meghalaya's Shillong Chamber Choir will accompany the space research organisation’s achievement with their soulful and patriotic melody of ‘Vande Mataram.’ 

The song has been composed by Neil Nongkynrih, the master of Shillong Chamber Choir and members of the choir will perform their rendition as Chandrayaan-2 lands on the moon.

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It is to be mentioned that the moon landing is scheduled to air LIVE on September 6 from 11:30 PM onwards on National Geographic Channel, Hotstar and Star Plus.  

 Chandrayaan-2’s rover is named Pragyan which translates to ‘wisdom’ in Sanskrit. It can travel upto 500 metres and uses solar energy for its functioning.