On October 23rd, doodle
depicts the Mangalyaan probe, which has been studying the planet's atmosphere. Only
the US, Russia and Europe have previously sent missions to Mars.
Google doodles, which began in 1998,
depict famous and lesser known notable people, events, anniversaries and
tributes.
India has succeeded on its first attempt
- an achievement that eluded even the Americans and the Soviets.
Mangalyaan - more formally referred to
as Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) - was launched from the Sriharikota spaceport on
the coast of the Bay of Bengal on 5 November 2013.
Last month the satellite joined four
other missions that are circling the planet: Maven (US), Mars Odyssey (US),
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (US) and Mars Express (Europe).
At 4.5bn rupees ($74m; £45m), Mangalyaan
is also one of the cheapest interplanetary space missions ever.
Google has done a number of doodles on a
variety of Indian subjects, including marking the country's Independence and
Republic Days, the festivals of Holi and Diwali, the cricket World Cup and the
birth anniversaries of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore.
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