page_title: Men-Tsee-Khang
section_title: See also
hierarchical_section_title: Men-Tsee-Khang / See also
caption_attribution_description: Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, Gangchen Kyishong. (McLeod Ganj)
context_page_description: Men-Tsee-Khang, also known as Tibetan Medical and Astro Institute, is a charitable institution based 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.
context_section_description: Traditional Tibetan Medicine
  Tibetan Astrology
  Lobsang Dolma Khangkar
caption: Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, Gangchen Kyishong in McLeod Ganj, India, 2005
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