Although majority of the population in Galle Fort were Buddhists up to recent times there is only one Buddhist religious place. The Buddhist temple seen now had been constructed in 1889 in a land donated by Mr. S.A.Wickramasinghe a Mudliar and a benefactor who lived in Galle Fort those days. The fact that the impact of Dutch and European architectures influenced during the foreign regimes even in the construction of Buddhist religious places can be observed paying attention on the architectural features of this temple.
