DD Girnar

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title: "DD Girnar" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["doordarshan", "foreign-television-channels-broadcasting-in-the-united-kingdom", "television-channels-and-stations-established-in-2003", "indian-direct-broadcast-satellite-services", "television-stations-in-ahmedabad", "gujarati-language-television-channels-in-india"] description: "Indian Gujarati-language public television channel" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DD_Girnar" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Indian Gujarati-language public television channel ::

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Field	Value
name	DD Girnar
country	India
area	India
owner	Prasar Bharati (Govt. of India)
language	Gujarati
picture_format	1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed)
launch_date	2003 (as Doordarshan Kendra Ahmedabad)
former_names	Doordarshan Kendra Ahmedabad
network	DD (Doordarshan)
headquarters	Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
website	http://www.ddgirnar.com
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| name = DD Girnar | logo = | country = India | area = India | owner = Prasar Bharati (Govt. of India) | language = Gujarati | picture_format = 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) | launch_date = 2003 (as Doordarshan Kendra Ahmedabad) | former_names = Doordarshan Kendra Ahmedabad | network = DD (Doordarshan) | headquarters = Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India | website = http://www.ddgirnar.com DD Girnar (formerly DD-10 Gujarati) is an Indian Gujarati-language television channel, owned and operated by Doordarshan, a part of the public broadcaster, Prasar Bharati. It is broadcast out of studios at Doordarshan Kendra in Ahmedabad in Gujarat.

History

Doordarshan Kendra, Ahmedabad was set up on 15 March 1976, as a part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment SITE Project of ISRO and the 1 KW transmitter was based in PIJ, Kheda District. The studio used to function from the ISRO, Ahmedabad premises, while the administrative office was located in the Polytechnic compound in Ahmedabad.

Few years later, a plot of land was identified and a low power LPT was set up in Ahmedabad in Thaltej Tekra on 19 November 1983. The studio was commissioned on 2 October 1987 while the regional language uplinking was started on 30 December 1992. DD Girnar started its 24-hour transmission on 1 October 1993.

List of programmes currently broadcast

• Rasoi ni Rangat (રસોઈ ની રંગત)
• Ek Dal na Pankhi (એક ડાળ ના પંખી) (re-run)
• One Minute (એક મિનિટ)
• Gram Jagat (ગ્રામ જગત)
• Filmi Sargam (ફિલ્મી સરગમ)
• Kaka ni Kamal (કાકા ની કમાલ)
• Kuvara Corporation (કુંવારા કોર્પોરેશન)
• Gammat Gulal (ગમ્મત ગુલાલ)

References

References

1. [http://www.ddgirnar.com/telecast_monday.aspx#monday] {{Webarchive. link. (15 September 2012 Telecast schedule)

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