Yeshi Dhonden

Yeshi Dhonden (15 May 1927 – 26 November 2019) was a Tibetan-Indian physician of Traditional Tibetan medicine and humanitarian. He was the 14th Dalai Lama from 1961 to 1980.^[1] In 2018, the Indian government honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India.^[2] He was born in Namro, Tibet. He was known by many for "curing cancer".^[3]

Dhonden retired on 1 April 2019 due to bad health.^[3] He died of respiratory failure on 26 November 2019 in Dharamshala, India at the age of 92.^[4]

References

↑ Avedon, John (1997). In Exile from the Land of the Snows: The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780060977412.
↑ "A monk and a healer - The Statesman". The Statesman. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Dr Yeshi Dhonden, famous for curing cancer, closes his practice". Tibet Sun News. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
↑ Renowned Tibetan doctor Yeshi Dhonden passes away

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[Avedon_1997-1] Avedon, John (1997). In Exile from the Land of the Snows: The Definitive Account of the Dalai Lama and Tibet Since the Chinese Conquest. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780060977412.

[2] "A monk and a healer - The Statesman". The Statesman. 2018-02-11. Retrieved 2018-11-16.

[cancer-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Dr Yeshi Dhonden, famous for curing cancer, closes his practice". Tibet Sun News. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-04-12.

[4] Renowned Tibetan doctor Yeshi Dhonden passes away

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