The tiny village of Kilung is a twenty minute drive from the Dzong on the route towards Kurtoe Dungkhag . This village is inhabited by the Tshanglas who migrated and settled here during the late 1880s. In the village you will come across the Kilung Lhakhang situated on a ridge overlooking the Kurichu River. It was built on the former site of the Kilung Gyalpo, a regional chieftain. This temple houses the sacred chain mall that was once used to recapture a statue that miraculously flew away from the Lhuentse Dzong.