The Buddhist is the first Buddhist television channel for Sri Lanka. The Buddhist channel studios are located at Sri Sambodhi Vihara (Temple) that is situated in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is available on the Sri Lankan Direct to Home satellite television service Dialog TV. The aim of the channel is to telecast valuable religious and cultural programming in the three main languages of Sri Lanka, English, Sinhala and Thamil. On 29 June 2007, the channel was officially launched by President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Chief Justice Sarath N. Silva and head priest of the Asgiriya chapter in Sri Lanka.
History :
Handing over the studio Key It is pertinent to point out here how this first ever Sri Lankan exclusively Buddhist Television Channel came into being. A pious gentleman by the nameof Mr. Muhunthan Canagey, who belongs to the Tamil Community and is a born Hindu who was the CEO of CBN Sat the first ever DTH service
in Sri Lanka, was the originator of this Channel and when this Company was to be acquired by the Dialog TV, he insisted on having a Sri Lankan Buddhist Channel in their religious program package and donated all the equipment including the Studio to Sri Sambodhi Viharaya.
in Sri Lanka, was the originator of this Channel and when this Company was to be acquired by the Dialog TV, he insisted on having a Sri Lankan Buddhist Channel in their religious program package and donated all the equipment including the Studio to Sri Sambodhi Viharaya.
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