Doordarshan “Chandana” meaning fragrance of sandalwood in Kannada, launched in 1984 is providing chaste Educational, Informative and Entertainment programmes . True to it’s name the Channel has been spreading the fragrance of Art, Language, Culture and Heritage of Karnataka in addition to providing impetus to the cultural pursuits like Music and Dance.

DD Chandana is a 24 hour Kannada channel with Kannada as the principal language of telecast, besides other dialects like, Konkani, Tulu, Kodava and Urdu.

As a Public Service Broadcaster, the Channel has been striving to focus on the various developmental issues for betterment of the quality of life and also empowering different sections of the population.

Chandana covers an area of 76.2% and caters to a population of 82.4%. The footprints of Chandana channel are found in 52 countries abroad.

This is located in Bengaluru, the salubrious capital of Karnataka State.