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{{Infobox television channel<br />
| name = Aastha<br>आस्था<br />
| logo = Aastha-TV.jpg<br />
| logo_size = 150px<br />
| launch_date = 2000<br />
| closed_date =<br />
| picture_format = [[Digital Video Broadcasting|DVB]],SD<br />
| network = Vedic Broadcasting Ltd.<br />
| owner = [[Balkrishna|Acharya Balkrishna]]<br />
| slogan = जीवन का आधार<br />
| country = India<br />
| area = US (World Direct), Africa, Australia, Mauritius (MBC Digital Platform – TNT), Canada, [[Continental Europe]], United Kingdom (Sky)<br />
| former_names =<br />
| replaced =<br />
| sister_channels = [[Aastha Bhajan TV|Aastha Bhajan]]<br>Vedic TV<br />
| web = {{URL|http://www.aasthatv.com/}}<br />
| sat_serv_1 = [[Sky UK|Sky]]<br />
| sat_chan_1 = Channel 724<br />
| sat_serv_2 = [[Dish Network]]<br />
| sat_chan_2 = Channel 719<br />
| sat_serv_3 = [[DD Free Dish]]<br />
| sat_chan_3 = Channel 98<br />
| sat_serv_4 = [[Dish TV]]<br />
| sat_chan_4 = Channel 761<br />
| sat_serv_5 = [[Tata Sky]]<br />
| sat_chan_5 = Channel 1055<br />
| sat_serv_6 = [[Airtel digital TV]]<br />
| sat_chan_6 = Channel 681<br />
| sat_serv_7 = [[Videocon D2H]]<br />
| sat_serv_8 = [[Reliance Digital TV]]<br />
| sat_chan_8 = Channel 650<br />
| sat_serv_9 = [[Sun Direct]]<br />
| sat_chan_9 = Channel 700<br />
| sat_chan_7 = Channel 481<br />
}}<br />
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'''Aastha''' is a spiritual TV network in [[India]].<ref name="cb">{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2007/07/04/reality-religion-india.html|title=Indian spiritual network to air hymn-singing reality TV show|date=4 July 2007|publisher=CBC News}}</ref> Established in 2000, it is owned by Aastha Broadcasting Network Ltd., which is listed at [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] ([[Bombay Stock Exchange|BSE]]). The network's directors are Santosh Kumar Jain and Prabhat Kumar Jain.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200708090302.htm |title=Business: Shiva Cement to allot 10 lakh shares to IFCI |date=9 August 2007 |work=The Hindu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108140919/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/006200708090302.htm |archivedate=8 November 2012 }}</ref><br />
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In 2005 the channel started the broadcast of [[Aastha International]] through UK affiliate as it had done previously in the USA as a 24x7 service on the DTH platform of BSkyB in UK.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/directorsreport.cms?companyid=4147&year=2006&prtpage=1|title=Mar 2006 Mar2007 ANNUAL REPORT 2005-2006|work=Economic Times}}</ref> By 2006 it was reaching 160 countries around the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-07/special-report/27793894_1_religious-channels-spirituality-god-tv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104051152/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-01-07/special-report/27793894_1_religious-channels-spirituality-god-tv|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|work=[[The Times of India]]|title=Yo Guruji!|date=7 January 2006}}</ref><br />
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Its programs feature spiritual discourses, socio-cultural ceremonies and religious events, accompanied by meditation techniques and devotional music. They include information about places of pilgrimage, traditional festivals, and vedic science, such as yoga, ayurveda, astrology, crystal therapy and aromatherapy.<br />
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== Notable hosts and speakers ==<br />
Notable former and current hosts and speakers include:<br />
* [[Rakesh Jhaveri]]<br />
* [[Deepakbhai Desai]]<br />
* [[Sukhabodhananda]]<br />
* [[Sister Shivani]]<br />
* [[Rajiv Dixit]]<br />
* [[Avdhoot Shivanand]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.aasthatv.com}}<br />
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[[Category:Religious television channels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language television channels in India]]<br />
[[Category:Television channels and stations established in 2000]]<br />
[[Category:Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange]]<br />
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