↑ Rao, P. V. Manoranjan; B. N. Suresh; V. P. Balagangadharan, บ.ก. (2015). "4.1 The Spaceport of ISRO – K. Narayana". From Fishing Hamlet to Red Planet: India's Space Journey (ภาษาอังกฤษ). India: Harper Collins. p. 328. ISBN9789351776901. คลังข้อมูลเก่าเก็บจากแหล่งเดิมเมื่อ 2022-03-08. สืบค้นเมื่อ 2023-09-03. This centre was originally named SHAR (an acronym for Sriharikota Range – mistakenly referred to as Sriharikota High Altitude Range by some people) by Sarabhai. SHAR in Sanskrit also means arrow, symbolic of the nature of activity and that seems to be the significance of the acronym.
