Aje Nye Trek is another pilgrimage site, it is a day’s trek to Phuningla passing through the villages of Domkhar, Phomodung, Tekhar and Dramthang. From Phuningla, it take one day to reach Aja Nye one of the sacred places blessed by Guru Rinpoche.
Khoma Village
Khoma village is located an hour’s walk from the main road to Lhuentse Dzong and is famous for its intricate woven cloth made of silk called Kishuthara (brocade dress). This village is known for traditional hand woven textile works. If you can visit this village, we can see young and old women in-front of their looms weaving different kinds of textile.
Dungkhar Nagtshang
Among the noble lineage to emerge from Kurtoe, the house of Dungkhar Ngatshang was home to Trongsa Penlop Jigme namgyel, progenitor of Wangchuck dynasty. Dungkhar Nagtshang is the ancient home of the Dungkar Choejie and the ancestral domicile of the Wangchuck Dynasty.
Kilung Lhakhang
Kilung Lhakhang is located at a twenty minutes drive from the Dzong towards Kurtoe Dungkhar. The inhabited here are called Tshanglas, who have migrated during the late 1880’s. Kilung Lhakhang is situated on a ridge overlooking the Kurichu River built on the former site of the Kilung Gyalpo, a regional chieftain. It houses the sacred chain mall once used to recapture a statue that miraculously flew away from the Lhuentshi Dzong.
Guru Nangsey Zileon Statue
The 157 feet Guru Nangsey Zileon statue is the one of the tallest statue in the world. Seated on a 38 feet lotus located on a hill in Takila overlooking Tangmachu village in Menbi gewog, the construction took more than seven years. It was consecrated on 1st November 2015.
A member from Druk Odiyana Foundation, a non-profit organisation funded the construction of the statue. A member Khenpo Gyeltshen said that the total cost of the statue was Nu 700 million which devotees of the foundation from within and abroad donated.
This Guru statue is a prominent structure that is attracting many tourists, locals and serve as a pilgrimage site in Lhuetshi district. The statue, according to foundation officials, was prophesied by lord Buddha and the great Dzongchen masters to bring peace and harmony in the world. Khenpo Karpo Tenzin of the foundation said the project was motivated by the revelations of two 19th-century Dzongchen masters and Tertons, Jamyang Khentse Wangpo and Jamgon Kongtrul to the first King, Sir Ugyen Wangchuck, when he was the Trongsa Penlop.
“It was revealed that a statue of Guru Nangsey Zilnon would be the most beneficial one for stability, peace, and prosperity in the country and in the world,” he said. “Lam Sonam Zangpo, a renowned Yogi also said that the sovereignty and prosperity of the country would be reinforced by a physical edifice of a Guru Nangsey Zilnon with a minimum height of not les than five storeys either in Bumthang or Kurtey in Lhuentse,” he added