[4][5] Khothang Rinchenling The town shares its name with the Wangdue Phodrang Dzong built in 1638 that dominates the district.

[citation needed] Wangdi Phodrang Dzong burnt down in the afternoon of 24 June 2012, supposedly because of a faulty electrical water cooker.

Based on the oral tradition, this monastery is one of several seats founded in different parts of Bhutan around 16th century by Chung Youngzin Ngagi Wangachuk.

The Lateral Road enters from the west at Dochula Pass, crosses the Sankosh River (Dzongkha: Puna Tsang Chhu) at Wangdi Phodrang Dzong, and continues east to Tongsa.

A second spur departs the Lateral Road near the Pele Pass halfway between Wangdi and Tongsa, traveling south a short distance to Gangteng Monastery and the Phobjikha Valley, where rare black-necked cranes may be found.

Khothang Rinchenling is one of the eight main seats founded by Kunkhye Longchen Rabjam, the Great Chariot of the Old School of the Early Translation who visited Bhutan in the Fourteenth Century.

During the tenure of the 20th Wangzop Domchung a big flood washed away the entire bridge, except for the mandala and the base, which were left intact.