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{{short description|First visual travelogue in Malayalam}}
{{short description|Indian travel documentary}}
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{{Infobox television
{{Infobox television
| name                    = Sancharam
| image       = Sancharam new.png
| image                   = Sancharam new.png
| caption     = Logo
| caption                 = Sancharam logo
| runtime     = 30 minutes
| runtime                 = 30 minutes
| creator     = [[Santhosh George Kulangara]]
| creator                 = [[Santhosh George Kulangara]]
| presenter   = Santhosh George Kulangara
| channel                  = [[Safari TV]]
| narrated     = Anish Punnen Peter
| presenter               = [[Santhosh George Kulangara]]
| producer     = Santhosh George Kulangara
| narrated                 = Anish Punnen Peter
| country     = India
| producer                 = [[Santhosh George Kulangara]]
| location     =
| country                 = India
| language     = Malayalam
| location                 =  
| network     = [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]]
| language                 = [[Malayalam]]
| network2    = [[Safari TV]]
| network                 = [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] (2001–2013)<br>[[Safari TV]] (2013–)
| first_aired = {{Start date|2001}}
| first_aired             = 2001–present
| last_aired  = {{End date|2013}}
| website                  = https://www.safaritvchannel.com
| first_aired2 = {{Start date|2013}}
| num_episodes             = 1639 (as of January 22 2020)
| last_aired2  = present
| num_episodes = 2100
}}
}}
'''''Sancharam''''' ([[Malayalam]]: സഞ്ചാരം, English:(transl.) travel), is the first telecast of a visual travelogue in [[Malayalam language]] television. The program has been shot, edited and directed by [[Santhosh George Kulangara]]. It is being aired on 09:30 pm and 10 pm ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]) every weekday in [[Safari TV]] channel and re-telecasted the next day (weekdays only) four times.  Originally aired on [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] on Sundays, it has then been aired on Safari TV, which is owned by Santhosh George Kulangara.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=SAFARI TV - ABOUT US|url=https://www.safaritvchannel.com/about.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=www.safaritvchannel.com}}</ref> An internet edition of ''Sancharam'' is also available free of cost. It claimed to be the first [[Internet television]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.santhoshgeorge.com/images/Mathrubhumi/Mathrubhoomi%202007%20January%202%20page%207.jpg |title=Internet Television Channel Sancharam inaugurated |newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date= 2 January 2007|page =7}}</ref>


As of 2019, Santhosh had travelled to more than 120 countries and his experiences and sights are telecasted through Sancharam, spanning the seven continents<ref>{{Cite news|last=Basheer|first=K. p m|date=2019-01-10|title=He caught the travel bug, passed it on|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/he-caught-the-travel-bug-passed-it-on/article25963067.ece|access-date=2021-06-06|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> since Santhosh George Kulangara started his solo journeys outside India in 1997 .<ref name=":2" />
'''''Sancharam''''' ({{translation|Travel}}) is an Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[travel documentary]] telecast on [[Safari TV]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ks |first=Mochish |date=2022-05-22 |title=How Safari TV Is Experimenting With Television Content In Kerala |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/how-safari-tv-is-experimenting-with-television-content-in-kerala-news-197913 |access-date=2022-05-28 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |language=en}}</ref> The program was shot, edited and directed by [[Santhosh George Kulangara]]. It airs at 09:30 pm and 10 pm ([[Indian Standard Time|IST]]) every weekday and is re-telecast the next day (weekdays only) four times. It originally aired on [[Asianet (TV channel)|Asianet]] on Sundays, and now airs on Safari TV, which is owned by Kulangara.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=SAFARI TV - ABOUT US|url=https://www.safaritvchannel.com/about.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Safari TV}}</ref> An internet edition of ''Sancharam'' is also available free of cost. It is said to be the first [[internet television]] in [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.santhoshgeorge.com/images/Mathrubhumi/Mathrubhoomi%202007%20January%202%20page%207.jpg |title=Internet Television Channel Sancharam inaugurated |newspaper=Mathrubhumi|date= 2 January 2007|page =7}}</ref>
 
==Places shown in Sancharam (since January 2018)==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Places
! Date
|-
| [[Ethiopia]]
| [[Addis Ababa]], [[Mek'ele]], [[Danakil desert]],
| January 2018
|-
| [[Philippines]]
| [[Manila]], [[Corregidor]], [[Cebu]]
| February 2018
|-
| [[Austria]]
| [[Vienna]], [[Vienna Woods|Wienerwald]]
| March 2018
|-
| [[Slovakia]]
| [[Bratislava]]
| March 2018
|-
| [[United States]]
| [[Miami]], [[Orlando]], [[Key West]], [[Miami Beach]]
| April 2018
|-
| [[Bahamas]]
| [[Grand Bahama]]
| April 2018
|-
| [[Jordan]]
| [[Amman]], [[Al Karak]], [[Petra]], [[Wadi Rum]], [[Aqaba]], [[Dead Sea]]
| May 2018
|-
| [[Nepal]]
| [[Kathmandu]], [[Pokhara]]
| June 2018
|-
| [[Ukraine]]
| [[Kiev]], [[Chernobyl]], [[Zhytomyr]], [[Berdychiv]], [[Vinnytsia]], [[Odessa]]
| July 2018
|-
| [[Malaysia]]
| [[Kuala Lumpur]], [[Batu Caves]], [[Genting Highlands]]
| August 2018
|-
| [[China]]
| [[Guangzhou]], [[Lhasa]]
| August 2018
|-
| [[Serbia]]
| [[Belgrade]]
| Sept. 2018
|-
| [[Montenegro]]
| [[Bar, Montenegro|Bar]], [[Kotor]], [[Budva]], [[Sveti Stefan]]
| October 2018
|-
| [[United States]]
| [[Los Angeles]], [[San Diego]], [[Sedona]], [[Las Vegas]], [[Grand Canyon]], [[Death Valley]]
| Nov. 2018
|-
| [[India]] ([[Rajasthan]])
| [[Jaipur]], [[Ajmer]], [[Pushkar]]
| Dec. 2018
|-
| [[Indonesia]]
([[Yogyakarta]])
| [[Prambanan]], [[Kraton Yogyakarta]], [[Boro Budur]]
| Dec. 2018
|-
| [[Fiji]]
| [[Nadi]], [[Suva]], Tuvala, [[Yasawa]]
| January 2019
|-
| [[United States]]
| [[New York City|New York]], [[Washington D.C.]]
| Feb. 2019
|-
| [[Djibouti]]
| [[Djibouti City]], [[Lake Abbe]], [[Lake Assal (Djibouti)|Lake Assal]], [[Tadjoura]]
| March 2019
|-  
| [[Thailand]]
| [[Phuket]]
| April 2019
|-
| [[Armenia]]
| [[Yerevan]],
| April 2019
|-
| [[Maldives]]
| [[Malé]],
| May 2019
|-
| [[Norway]]
| [[Oslo]], [[Bergen]], [[Fjord]]
| June 2019
|-
| [[India]] ([[Rajasthan]])
| [[Udaipur]], [[Jaisalmer]], [[Jodhpur]]
| July 2019
|-
| [[Vietnam]]
| [[Hanoi]], [[Ha Long Bay]]
| July 2019
|-
| [[Romania]], [[Bulgaria]]
| [[Bucharest]], [[Brasov]], [[Sighisoara]], [[Veliko Tarnovo]]
| August 2019
|-
| [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]]
| [[Paris]], [[Brussels]], [[Amsterdam]]
| October 2019
|-
| [[Tanzania]]
| [[Dar es Salaam]], [[Lake Manyara]], [[Arusha]], [[Ngorongoro]], [[Mount Kilimanjaro]] [[Zanzibar]]
| Nov. 2019
|-
| [[Germany]]
| [[Munich]], [[Berlin]], [[Nuremberg]]
| Dec. 2019
|-
| [[Brunei]]
|[[Bandar Seri Begawan]], [https://www.businessinsider.in/thelife/incredible-photos-show-the-gritty-floating-water-village-on-stilts-that-houses-13000-people-in-brunei-a-tiny-southeastern-nation-of-unimaginable-wealth/articleshow/65971290.cms#:~:text=Brunei%20is%20a%20tiny%20country,%2C%20restaurants%2C%20and%20police%20stations. Floating Villages]
| January 2020
|-
| [[Greece]]
| [[Athens]], [[Mykonos]], [[Santorini]]
|Feb. 2020
|-
| [[Thailand]]
| [[Bangkok]], [[Pattaya]]
| March 2020
|-
| [[Austria]], [[Slovenia]]
| [[Vienna]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Ptuj]], [[Bled]], [[Postojna Cave]], [[Piran]], [[Koper]], [[Graz]]
| April 2020
|-
| [[India]] ([[Ladakh]])
| [[Leh]], [[Lamayuru Monastery]]
| May 2020
|-
| [[India]] ([[Punjab, India|Punjab]],[[Himachal Pradesh]])
| [[Amritsar]], [[Atari]], [[Dharamshala]]
| June 2020
|-
| [[Mexico]]
| [[Mexico City]], [[Cancun]], [[Isla Mujeres]], [[Tulum]]
| June 2020
|-
| [[Albania]]
| [[Tirana]], [[Durres]], [[Gjirokaster]], [[Sarande]], [[Apollonia (Illyria)|Apollonia]], [[Berat]],
| July 2020
|-
|[[United States]]
|[[Chicago]], [[Detroit]], [[Cleveland]], [[Niagara Falls]], [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]
| August 2020
|-
| [[India]] ([[Gujarat]])
| [[Ahmedabad]], [[Rajkot]], [[Dwarka]], [[Jamnagar]], [[Porbandar]], [[Rann of Kutch]]
| Sept. 2020
|-
|[[Jordan]]
| [[Amman]], [[Al Karak]], [[Petra]], [[Wadi Rum]], [[Wadi Musa]], [[Aqaba]], [[Dead Sea]]
| Nov. 2020
|-
|[[Indonesia]]([[Bali]])
|[[Kuta]], [[Batuan, Bali|Batuan]], [[Kintamani, Bali|Batur]], [[Denpasar]], [[Pura Taman Ayun]], [[Tanah Lot]], [[Uluwatu]], [[Ubud]], [[Pura Taman Saraswati]], [[Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park]]
| Dec. 2020
|}


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
[[File:Logo-sancharam.jpg|350px|frame|Old logo]]
[[File:Logo-sancharam.jpg|frame|Old logo]]
''Sancharam'' has received many awards. Some of the awards include:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/17/stories/2004021707720500.htm
''Sancharam'' has received many awards. Some of the awards include:<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/17/stories/2004021707720500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040705182936/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/17/stories/2004021707720500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 July 2004|title=TV megaserial Awards| location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sancharam.com/awards.html|title=Sancharam video, awards|publisher=sancharam.com|access-date=8 August 2007|archive-date=14 March 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314050906/http://www.sancharam.com/awards.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040705182936/http://www.hindu.com/2004/02/17/stories/2004021707720500.htm
* Best TV serial award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/malayalam/11/ |title=TV megaserial Awards announced |publisher=Music India Online |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923010257/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/malayalam/11/|archivedate=23 September 2007}}</ref>
|url-status=dead
* Vivekananda Awards<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20071026015628&Page=R&Headline=Vivekananda+Awards+presented&Title=Kerala&Topic=0|title=Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara|newspaper=New Indian Express}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|archive-date=5 July 2004
|title=TV megaserial Awards| location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]
|date=17 February 2004}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sancharam.com/awards.html
|title=Sancharam video, awards|publisher=sancharam.com}}</ref>
* Best TV serial award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/malayalam/11/ |title=TV megaserial Awards announced |publisher=Music India Online |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070923010257/http://www.musicindiaonline.com/n/i/malayalam/11/ |archivedate=23 September 2007 }}</ref>
* Vivekananda Awards<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IER20071026015628&Page=R&Headline=Vivekananda+Awards+presented&Title=Kerala&Topic=0 |title=Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara |newspaper=New Indian Express}}</ref>
* [[Limca Book of Records]], added in its 2007 edition<ref name="Limca">{{Cite web|url=http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/record_gallery.asp?sid=2626&catname=Television|title=First telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam|publisher=[[Limca Book of Records]]|accessdate=2006-08-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723070223/http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/record_gallery.asp?sid=2626&catname=Television|archivedate=23 July 2008}}</ref>
* [[Limca Book of Records]], added in its 2007 edition<ref name="Limca">{{Cite web|url=http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/record_gallery.asp?sid=2626&catname=Television|title=First telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam|publisher=[[Limca Book of Records]]|accessdate=2006-08-08|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723070223/http://www.limcabookofrecords.in/record_gallery.asp?sid=2626&catname=Television|archivedate=23 July 2008}}</ref>
* Kerala's Film Critics Award: for the best Television program telecasted in 2005.
* Kerala's Film Critics Award: for the best Television program telecasted in 2005.
* Souparnikatheeram State Award: Television Award for the best director of a non-fictional program.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|date=30 April 2005|title=Sancharam got RAPA National Award|page=12|work=Madhyamam|url=https://santhoshgeorge.com/images/media-new/Madhyamam2005April30page12.jpg}}</ref>
* Souparnikatheeram State Award: Television Award for the best director of a non-fictional program.<ref name="Madhyamam2005April30page12">{{Cite news|date=30 April 2005|title=Sancharam got RAPA National Award|page=12|work=Madhyamam|url=https://santhoshgeorge.com/images/media-new/Madhyamam2005April30page12.jpg}}</ref>
* All India RAPA Award-2004: award of 'best non-fiction television program' given away by Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA)<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 April 2005|title=Sancharam got RAPA National Award|page=9|work=Mathrubhumi|url=https://santhoshgeorge.com/images/media-new/Mathrubhoomi2005April30page9.jpg}}</ref>
* All India RAPA Award-2004: award of 'best non-fiction television program' given away by Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA)<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 April 2005|title=Sancharam got RAPA National Award|page=9|work=Mathrubhumi|url=https://santhoshgeorge.com/images/media-new/Mathrubhoomi2005April30page9.jpg}}</ref>
* National Film Academy Award: program has been declared eligible for the award instituted by National Film Academy for the section 'Other than Fiction'<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|date=19 May 2004|title=Sancharam got two National Award|page=5|work=Deshabhimani|url=https://santhoshgeorge.com/images/media-new/Deshabhimani2004May19page5.jpg}}</ref>
* National Film Academy Award: program has been declared eligible for the award instituted by National Film Academy for the section 'Other than Fiction'<ref name="Deshabhimani2004May19page5">{{Cite news|date=19 May 2004|title=Sancharam got two National Award|page=5|work=Deshabhimani|url=https://santhoshgeorge.com/images/media-new/Deshabhimani2004May19page5.jpg}}</ref>
* Kerala Film Critics Association Award-2003<ref name=":0" />
* Kerala Film Critics Association Award-2003<ref name="Madhyamam2005April30page12" />
* All India Akshaya National Award-2003<ref name=":1" />
* All India Akshaya National Award-2003<ref name="Deshabhimani2004May19page5" />
* National Award: This is one of the awards given at National level in the Radio-Mini screen field. This program selected for the award from the TV programs of about 20 different languages.
* National Award: This is one of the awards given at National level in the Radio-Mini screen field. This program selected for the award from the TV programs of about 20 different languages.


==References==
==Sources==
===Notes===
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===References===
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{official|https://www.safaritvchannel.com/}}
* {{official website|https://www.safaritvchannel.com/}}


[[Category:Malayalam-language television shows]]
[[Category:Malayalam-language television shows]]

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Sancharam
Logo
Created bySanthosh George Kulangara
Presented bySanthosh George Kulangara
Narrated byAnish Punnen Peter
Country of originIndia
Original languageMalayalam
No. of episodes2100
Production
ProducerSanthosh George Kulangara
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkAsianet
Original release2001 (2001) –
2013 (2013)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Sancharam (transl. Travel) is an Indian Malayalam-language travel documentary telecast on Safari TV.[1] The program was shot, edited and directed by Santhosh George Kulangara. It airs at 09:30 pm and 10 pm (IST) every weekday and is re-telecast the next day (weekdays only) four times. It originally aired on Asianet on Sundays, and now airs on Safari TV, which is owned by Kulangara.[2] An internet edition of Sancharam is also available free of cost. It is said to be the first internet television in Kerala.[3]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Old logo

Sancharam has received many awards. Some of the awards include:[4][5]

  • Best TV serial award[6]
  • Vivekananda Awards[7]
  • Limca Book of Records, added in its 2007 edition[8]
  • Kerala's Film Critics Award: for the best Television program telecasted in 2005.
  • Souparnikatheeram State Award: Television Award for the best director of a non-fictional program.[9]
  • All India RAPA Award-2004: award of 'best non-fiction television program' given away by Radio and TV Advertising Practitioners Association (RAPA)[10]
  • National Film Academy Award: program has been declared eligible for the award instituted by National Film Academy for the section 'Other than Fiction'[11]
  • Kerala Film Critics Association Award-2003[9]
  • All India Akshaya National Award-2003[11]
  • National Award: This is one of the awards given at National level in the Radio-Mini screen field. This program selected for the award from the TV programs of about 20 different languages.

Sources[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Ks, Mochish (22 May 2022). "How Safari TV Is Experimenting With Television Content In Kerala". Outlook. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. ↑ "SAFARI TV - ABOUT US". Safari TV. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  3. ↑ "Internet Television Channel Sancharam inaugurated". Mathrubhumi. 2 January 2007. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "TV megaserial Awards". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 17 February 2004. Archived from the original on 5 July 2004.
  5. ↑ "Sancharam video, awards". sancharam.com. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2007.
  6. ↑ "TV megaserial Awards announced". Music India Online. Archived from the original on 23 September 2007.
  7. ↑ "Vivekananda Awards for Santhosh George Kulangara". New Indian Express.[permanent dead link]
  8. ↑ "First telecast of a visual travelogue in Malayalam". Limca Book of Records. Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 August 2006.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Sancharam got RAPA National Award". Madhyamam. 30 April 2005. p. 12.
  10. ↑ "Sancharam got RAPA National Award". Mathrubhumi. 30 April 2005. p. 9.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Sancharam got two National Award". Deshabhimani. 19 May 2004. p. 5.

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