Gulmi's documented past is tied to the Sen kings of Palpa: Mukund Sen, the first king of Palpa, is recorded as having discovered the deity of Rishikesh while bathing in the Kali Gandaki and establishing the Rishikesh temple at Ruru Kshetra. Under Nepal's older administrative structure Gulmi was a hill district of Lumbini Zone in the Western Development Region. The Bichitra (Dhurkot) Cave was discovered in 1988 by local resident Janardan Bhandari. Resunga Municipality was created on 18 May 2014 by merging the Arkhale, Dubichaur, Simichaur and Tamghas village development committees, and Musikot Municipality was formed on 10 March 2017 from eight former VDCs. The Rishikesh Complex of Ruru Kshetra was added to UNESCO's World Heritage Tentative List on 30 January 2008.
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