King Bhumibol and Queen Sirikit formally opened the temple on 1 August 1966, on Āsāḷha Pūjā.

[3]: 30–31 [2]: 132 [4] The desire to construct an ordination hall (ubosot) eventually meant that the temple had to be moved to a different location.

The new temple received royal consecration on 3 April 1982, and Princess Galyani Vadhana presided over the setting of the boundary stones (bai sema) around the hall on 30 October.

[6]: 105 [1]: 34 [2]: 133 Inside the ordination hall are three statues of the Buddha: Phra Thepphawanamongkhon (Thai: พระเทพภาวนามงคล) became the abbot of Wat Buddhapadipa in 1994.

[10] The murals inside the ordination hall were painted by thirty Thai artists over an eight-year period.