Rupavahini is the National Television Channel of Sri Lanka. Japanese people presented this Television Channel to the Sri Lankan people on Valentines Day in the year 1982. Since then, it has served the purpose of education, information and entertainment. Currently they are transmitting analog signals and it will become digital by the year 2015.
To commemorate the launching of National Television Channel, Sri Lankan post issued a 2.50 Srilankan Rupee stamp.
When I showed the Rupavahini stamp to my parents, they recalled their childhood days. Even though India's National channel, Doordarshan was launched way back in 1959, the southern most part of India could not watch Doordarshan due to coverage issues. So, they used to have a thirteen feet long antenna on the terrace hoisted up on a tall tower (This type of antenna is called a "Yagi antenna"). If they wanted to watch Doordarshan, they had to turn the antenna towards Chennai and towards the South to watch Rupavahini. The Tamil film and songs, advertisement and lottery programs were their favorite especially in Black and White TV. One of the serials my Dad remembers from that time is "Remington Steele", whose hero (Pierce Brosnan) later acted as James Bond.
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