Chandrayaan spacecraft will be landing on the south pole, a region that has been proven to be special. The exact spot for landing will be determined on the spot making it a peak of complexity to be conquered by India as an objective for this space mission.
If all goes well, India Chandrayaan 2 will become the first Indian space craft to land on a non-terrestrial surface. Others such as the US, Russia and China have carried out human and rover landings on the Moon previously. India has previously undertaken orbital missions around the Moon and Mars, the Chandrayaan 1 and Mangalyaan respectively. The fact that the Chandrayaan spacecraft will be landing on the south pole, a region that has been unexplored before makes it even more special. The fact that the exact spot for landing will be determined right before the landing makes it an extremely complex mission for India. Even China, which has built sophisticated space capabilities, made its first attempt to land on the near side of the Moon, although it did land on the far side of the lunar surface earlier this year.
While ISRO traditionally did not look at interplanetary or complex missions such as the Chandrayaan or Mangalyaan, this has become necessary as India space programme evolves into a more mature programme. This is also a reflection of the growing geopolitical competition that is now beginning to play out in space.