Krishi Darshan

Indian agricultural education show

Krishi Darshan
Genre	Agriculture
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	62
No. of episodes	16,780
Production
Running time	30 minutes (with commercials)
Production company	Doordarshan
Original release
Network	DD National (1967 - 2015) DD Kisan (2015 - present)
Release	26 January 1967 (1967-01-26) – present

Krishi Darshan (English: Agriculture Vision) is an Indian television program which premiered on DD National. It premiered on 26 January 1967 and is the longest running television series in India.^[1]^[2] It is broadcast to 80 villages close to Delhi.^[3] In 2015, it was shifted from DD National to DD Kisan, but also airs on the former channel.^[4]^[5]

Theme

This programme aims at disseminating agricultural information to rural, farming audiences.^[4]

References

^ Sharma, Supriya (12 July 2014). "A TV channel for farmers could be useful, but past experience suggests otherwise". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
^ Bhatt, Shephali (22 September 2019). "Doordarshan turns 60: Here is a nostalgic look at the broadcaster's milestones". Economic times.
^ Sharmila Mitra Deb (July 2009), Indian Democracy: Problems and Prospects, Anthem Press, 2009, ISBN 978-81-907570-4-1, ... the well-known program Krishi Darshan, which started its telecast on January 26, 1967 ... 'informing' and 'educating' the farmers about improving agricultural productivity ...
^ ^a ^b Mahajan, Nitin (19 April 2018). "Telecast of longest TV series Krishi Darshan discontinued". Asian Age.
^ "Krishi Darshan at DD National on Friday". United News of India (UNI India). 26 October 2017.