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The Buddhist is the first Buddhist television channel for
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The Buddhist channel studios are located at Sri Sambodhi Vihara (Temple) that is situated in
Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...
, Sri Lanka.the first being DMC.TV It is available on the Sri Lankan Direct to Home satellite television services
Dialog TV Dialog TV (DTV) is a direct broadcast satellite pay TV service provider based in Sri Lanka. A fully owned subsidiary of Dialog Axiata PLC, Dialog TV was launched in July 2005 under the name "CBNsat". It was later renamed to Dialog TV in Februa ...
and
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. The service also operates on
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and cable TV. The aim of the channel is to telecast valuable religious and cultural programming in the three main languages of Sri Lanka,
English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...
, Sinhala and
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. The founder and the Chairman of the Buddhist TV is the most Ven.
Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero (29 July 1963 – 3 March 2018) ( si, දරණාගම කුසලධම්ම හිමි) was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese people, Sinhalese Buddhist monk who founded the first Sri Lankan Buddhist media network a ...
. On 29 June 2007, the channel was officially launched by
President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...
Mahinda Rajapaksa Mahinda Rajapaksa ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ, ta, மஹிந்த ராஜபக்ஷ; born Percy Mahendra Rajapaksa; 18 November 1945) is a Sri Lankan politician. He served as the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to ...
, Chief Justice
Sarath N. Silva Sarath Nanda Silva PC served as the 41st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka. He obtained his Primary and Secondary school education at Trinity College Kandy and continued to Sri Lanka Law College. Prior to civil service, his ach ...
and head priest of the Asgiriya chapter in Sri Lanka.


Buddhist Radio

Buddhist Radio is broadcast on FM MHz 101.3 101.5.


Costs

Cost of channel establishment is 65 million
Sri Lankan rupee The Sri Lankan Rupee ( si, රුපියල්, ta, ரூபாய்; Currency symbol, symbol: Re and Rs (plural) in English, රු in Sinhala, ௹ in Tamil; ISO 4217, ISO code: LKR) is the currency of Sri Lanka. It is subdivided into 100 ...
(approx. US$600,000). The equipment and the channel was donated by the former Founder / CEO of CBN Sat (Dialog TV) Muhunthan Canagey.


See also

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Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero Daranagama Kusaladhamma Thero (29 July 1963 – 3 March 2018) ( si, දරණාගම කුසලධම්ම හිමි) was a Sri Lankan Sinhalese people, Sinhalese Buddhist monk who founded the first Sri Lankan Buddhist media network a ...
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Global Buddhist Network The Global Buddhist Network (GBN), previously known as the Dhammakaya Media Channel (DMC) is a Thai online television channel concerned with Buddhism. The channel's taglines were "The secrets of life revealed" and "The only one", but these were ...
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Shraddha TV Shraddha TV is a non-profit Buddhist television channel based in Sri Lanka. The channel is known for airing religious spiritual content with a primary focus on Buddhism and the teaching of Buddha. Most of the programming is shot at the main Buddh ...
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Lord Buddha TV Lord Buddha TV is an Indian 24x7 Hindi and Marathi language, Marathi mainstream Ambedkarism, Ambedkarite and Navayana Dalit Buddhist movement, Buddhist channel with focus on Bahujan issues. It is headquartered in Nagpur,Maharashtra . In June 20 ...
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Buddhist Publication Society The Buddhist Publication Society (BPS) is a publishing house with charitable status whose objective is to disseminate the teaching of Gautama Buddha. It was founded in Kandy, Sri Lanka in 1958 by two Sri Lankan lay Buddhists, A.S. Karunaratna and ...
& Pariyatti (bookstore) * Buddhist Cultural Centre *
Access to Insight Access to Insight is a Theravada Buddhist website providing access to many translated texts from the Tipitaka, and contemporary materials published by the Buddhist Publication Society and many teachers from the Thai Forest Tradition. History A ...


References


External links


The Buddhist Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Buddhist (TV Channel) The Buddhist The Buddhist Religious television channels in Sri Lanka Sinhala-language television stations Television channels and stations established in 2007