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<div>{{short description|Indian television channel}}<br />
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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Sanskar<br>संस्कार<br />
| logo = Sanskarlogo.jpg<br />
| logo_size =<br />
| logo_caption = Logo of Sanskar Television<br />
| image = <br />
| launch_date = June 2000<br />
| closed_date = <br />
| picture_format = [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]]<br />
| network = Sanskar Info TV Private Ltd<br />
| owner = [[Baba Ram dev]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| area = <br />
| headquarters = [[Mumbai]]<br />
| former_names = <br />
| replaced = <br />
| sister_channels = [[Satsang TV]]<br>[[Shubh TV]]<br />
| timeshift_service = <br />
| website = http://www.sanskargroup.in<br />
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| sat_radio_chan_1 = <br />
| iptv_serv_1 = <br />
| iptv_chan_1 = <br />
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| sat_serv_1 = [[Tata Sky]]<br />
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 1057<br />
| sat_serv_2 = [[Sky UK|Sky]]<br />
| sat_chan_2 = Channel 725<br />
| sat_serv_3 = [[Dish Network|Dish]]<br />
| sat_chan_3 = Channel 760<br />
| sat_serv_4 = [[Dish TV]]<br />
| sat_chan_4 = Channel 1067<br />
| sat_serv_5 = [[Videocon d2h]]<br />
| sat_chan_5 = Channel 483<br />
| sat_serv_6 = [[Airtel digital TV]]<br />
| sat_chan_6 = Channel 682<br />
| sat_serv_7 = [[Sun Direct]]<br />
| sat_chan_7 = Channel 708 <br />
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'''Sanskar''' is an Indian television channel dedicated to broadcasting programs on the "Indian philosophy, religion, spiritual solidarity, and culture"<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJiHAwAAQBAJ&q=%22sanskar+TV%22&pg=PA121 | title=McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and Om Economics: Televangelism in Contemporary India | publisher=SAGE Publications India | author=Jonathan D James | year=2010 | isbn=9788132106135}}</ref> and focuses more on devotion than spiritualism.<ref name="Tribune">{{cite web | url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040811/cth2.htm | title=Godmen's invasion of your living room | work=[[Tribune India]] | date=11 August 2004 | accessdate=16 October 2015 | author=Swarleen Kaur}}</ref> The channel started broadcasting in June 2000<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tpt8knkqUsoC&q=%22sanskar+tv%22&pg=PA72 | title=Broadcast Journalism | publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd | author=Shrivastava, K M | pages=72 | isbn=9788120735972}}</ref> and in 2004 ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'' reported it to have been gaining popularity over the then dominated entertainment and news channels on Indian television.<ref name="Tribune"/><br />
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Through various spiritual discourse programmes the channel also focuses on younger generation.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_4lnmwGUZKQC&q=%22sanskar+tv%22&pg=PA15 | title=ICT4D Information Communication Technology for Development | publisher=I. K. International Pvt Ltd | author=Parveen Pannu, Yuki Azaad Tomar | year=2010 | pages=15 | isbn=9789380578095}}</ref> Discourses are given by various notable spiritual gurus like [[Sri Sri Ravi Shankar]], [[Ramdev|Baba Ramdev]], [[Jagadguru Kripalu Maharaj]], [[Ramesh Oza]], Swami Avdheshanand Giri and [[Morari Bapu]]. The shows include [[bhajan]]s, [[kirtan]]s and broadcasts from various pilgrimage places.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxodCgAAQBAJ&q=%22sanskar+tv%22&pg=PA94 | title=Hinduism Today: An Introduction | publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] | author=Stephen Jacobs | year=2010 | pages=95 | isbn=9781441138200}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
It was founded by Dilip and Dinesh Kabra along with Kishore Mohotta and bought in 2008 by the Aditya Pittie-led Pittie Group. The Pittie Group, which has deep business links with the Patanjali Empire, finally sold it to Ramdev.<ref>https://m.thewire.in/article/media/owned-by-corporates-run-by-babas-the-economics-behind-indias-devotional-television/amp</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.sanskargroup.in/ Sanskar TV website]<br />
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[[Category:Television stations in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Religious television channels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language television channels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hindu television]]<br />
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