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Men-Tsee-Khang | |
| Motto | To heal and prevent morbidity |
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| Type | Charitable institution |
| Established | 1916 |
| Director | Thuten Tsering (16th) |
Academic staff | 171 |
| Location | , Himachal , India 32°13′19″N 76°19′02″E / 32.222°N 76.3172°E |
| Website | www.men-tsee-khang.org |
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Men-Tsee-Khang (Tibetan: བོད་ཀྱི་སྨན་རྩིས་ཁང་།, romanized: Bod kyi sman rtsis khang), also known as Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, is a charitable institution headquartered in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, India. The institute was founded by the 13th Dalai Lama, in Lhasa in 1916. In the aftermath of the Chinese occupation of Tibet, the 14th Dalai Lama came to India where he re-established the institution in 1961 with the following missions:
- To promote and practice Tibetan Medicine as well as Tibetan astronomy and astrology.
- To provide health care and social service to people regardless of caste, colour or creed.
- To provide health care based on service orientation.
The institute was started with Ven Dr. Yeshi Dhonden as the doctor/teacher of the medicine department, and Ven Dukhorwa Lodoe Gyatso as the astrologer of the astrology department.