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Dipaduttarama Purana Raja Maha Viharaya in Kotahena was founded in 1806 and is the oldest Buddhist temple in Colombo with a history of over 300 years.
Ven.Gunananda Thera is said to have been one of the pioneers who created the Buddhist flag and at this temple in Kotahena the Buddhist flag was officially hoisted for the first time in Sri Lanka at the auspicious time of 8:30a.m. on 28th April 1885. It was also at this temple Vesak Poya day was declared a Holiday.
The first “Daham pasala” or Dhamma school (school to teach the Buddha Dhamma ) in the island commenced at this temple by Mrs. Marie Musaeus Higgins and Madame Helena Patrovna Vlavatsky during the incumbency of the Ven. Migettuwatte Gunananda.

Subsequently the temple began to be referred to as the Thai Temple in Sri Lanka as a member of the Thai Royal family who had been ordained by the Most Venerable Waskaduwe Subhuthi Mahanayake Thera lived at this temple from 1904 - 1911. Thai kings visited this temple on several occasions. The foundation stone for the dagaba was laid in March 1908 and shows two architectural styles: its lower half influenced by Mulagandhakuti Vihara at Buddhagaya and the upper half influenced by the Siamese architecture. Its golden pinnacle was gifted by a king of Thailand. This is the only Thai temple in our country.
The Paramananda Purana Viharaya in Kotahena is the second temple to be built in Colombo, founded around 1852 -1853. It contains murals depicting the life of the Buddha and the history of Buddhism in Ceylon.