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]
Yeshi Dhonden Media
The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presenting the Padma Shri Award to Dr. Yeshi Dhonden, at the Civil Investiture Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 20 March 2018.
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" (in en-US). The Statesman. 2018-02-11. https://www.thestatesman.com/features/a-monk-and-a-healer-1502583866.html. Retrieved 2018-11-16.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dr Yeshi Dhonden, famous for curing cancer, closes his practice" (in en). Tibet Sun News. https://www.tibetsun.com/news/2019/04/12/dr-yeshi-dhonden-famous-for-curing-cancer-closes-his-practice. Retrieved 2019-04-12.
- ↑ Renowned Tibetan doctor Yeshi Dhonden passes away