Yeshi Dhonden

Yeshi Dhonden
Born(1927-05-15)15 May 1927
Namro, Tibet
Died26 November 2019(2019-11-26) (aged 92)
McLeodganj, Himachal Pradesh, India
NationalityTibetan
OccupationDoctor
Years active1951–2019

Yeshi Dhonden (Tibetan: ཡེ་ཤེས་དོན་ལྡན, Wylie: ye shes don ldan; 15 May 1927 – 26 November 2019) was a Tibetan doctor of traditional Tibetan medicine, and served the 14th Dalai Lama from 1961 to 1980. In 2018, the Indian government honoured him with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in India.

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