Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Da farko, an kafa haikalin a matsayin cibiyar tunani, bayan Maechi Chandra da sabon limamin Luang Por Dhammajayo ba za su iya karɓar adadin mahalarta a cikin ayyukansu a Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen ba. Cibiyar ta zama haikalin hukuma a 1977. Haikalin ya karu sosai a cikin shekarun 1980, lokacin da shirye-shiryen horar da haikalin ya zama sananne sosai a tsakanin masu matsakaicin gari. Wat Phra Dhammakaya ya faɗaɗa yankinsa kuma an fara gina babban "stupa" (pagoda). A lokacin rikicin tattalin arzikin Asiya, duk da haka, haikalin ya zama abin zargi yayin da aka zargi Luang Por Dhammajayo da satar kuɗi kuma aka cire shi daga ofishinsa a matsayin abbot. A shekara ta 2006, an wanke shi daga waɗannan tuhume-tuhume kuma an mayar da shi a matsayin abbot. Haikalin ya ci gaba da girma kuma ya zama sananne ga ayyukansa a cikin ilimi, haɓaka ɗabi'a, da ayyukan ilimi. A karkashin
2014 soja "Junta", abbot da haikalin an sake dubawa kuma an zargi Luang Por Dhammajayo da karɓar kuɗin da aka sata ta hanyar gudummawar mai tallafawa. An ambaci haikalin a matsayin ƙungiya mai tasiri a cikin Thailand wanda har yanzu ba a rinjaye shi ba ta hanyar mulkin mulkin mallaka, wanda ya rufe mafi yawan 'yan adawa tun lokacin da ya karɓi iko. Shari'o'in shari'a da aka yi wa abbot da haikalin tun daga shekarun 1990 sun haifar da muhawara da yawa game da hanyoyin da rawar da jihar ke takawa game da addini, muhawara da ta kara tsanantawa a lokacin kulle haikalin da gwamnatin soja ta yi a shekarar 2017. Ya zuwa shekarar 2017, hukumomi ba su sami Luang Por Dhammajayo ba, kuma a cikin 2018, an sanya Phrakhru Sangharak Rangsarit a matsayin babban jami'in a maimakon haka.