Men-Tsee-Khang

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.

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: 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.

The Head Office of Men-Tsee-Khang involves two main offices: Director and Registrar, The director heads the institution in a decentralized and democratic manner, not only to preserve the centuries-old discipline but also to provide health service worldwide.

The registrar holds the responsibility of assuring that each cell of the institution meets the rules and regulations of the Indian Government.

These branch clinics shoulder the mainstream responsibility of rendering health-care services to all, irrespective of caste, race, gender.

1938 photo of now destroyed Men Tsee Khang on top of Chagpori (English translation is "Iron Hill"), taken from the "Western Gate" or Pargo Kaling . Both Men Tsee Kang and Pargo Kaling were destroyed during the March 10th, 1959 uprising during which the 14th Dalai Lama exiled to India
Illustration (Conception to Birth) from the "Blue Beryl" or "Ornament to the Mind of Medicine Buddha- Blue Beryl Lamp Illuminating Four Tantras" written around the year 1720 by Desi Sangye Gyatso (1653–1705), the regent ( Desi ) of the 5th Dalai Lama (1617–1682), who founded the School of Men-Tsee-Khang on Chagspori (Iron Mountain) in 1694
Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute, Gangchen Kyishong in McLeod Ganj, India, 2005