all-women circumnavigation

Samudra Pradakshina expedition returns home after a 314-day all-women circumnavigation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged in the Samudra Pradakshina expedition on 22 July 2026 as IASV Triveni returned to Mumbai, its crew of nine women officers from the Army, Navy and Air Force completing a 314-day circumnavigation of nearly 25,500 nautical miles across four oceans.