Lhuntse Dzong (Fortress)
Lhuntse Dzong is loacted in Kurichhu valley that forms part of the Lhuntse dzongkhag.
Lam Ngagi Wangchuk, the youngest son of Ngawang Chogyal visited a number of holy sites in Bhutan including Kurtoe. According to accounts, when he was looking for a winter seat, the local deity appeared to him in the form of a white, bleating goat at the site where the dzong is located now. Taking the bleat to be an auspicious sign, he built a temple in 1552.
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