Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da farko, an kafa haikalin ne a matsayin cibiyar tunani, bayan Maechi Chandra da sabon limamin Luang Por Dhammajayo ba za su iya karɓar adadin masu halartar ayyukan a Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen ba. Cibiyar ta zama haikalin hukuma a 1977. Haikalin ya karu sosai a cikin shekarun 1980, lokacin da shirye-shiryen haikalin ya zama sananne sosai a tsakanin matsakaitan birane. Wat Phra Dhammakaya ya faɗaɗa yankinsa kuma an fara gina babban "stupa" (pagoda). A lokacin rikicin tattalin arzikin Asiya na 1997, haikalin ya kasance yana fuskantar zargi mai yawa game da hanyoyin tara kuɗi da koyarwar sa, kamar yadda aka tuhumi Luang Por Dhammajayo da karɓar rashawa kuma aka cire shi daga ofishinsa a matsayin abbot. A shekara ta 2006, an janye tuhumar kuma an mayar da shi a matsayin abbot. Haikalin ya ci gaba da girma kuma ya zama sananne ga ayyukansa da yawa a cikin ilimi, haɓaka ɗabi'a, da kuma ilimi. Haikalin kuma ya zama an yarda da shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na babban yankin Thai Sangha (al'ummar sufi). A lokacin mulkin soja na 2014
, an sake bincika abbot da haikalin kuma an zargi Luang Por Dhammajayo da karɓar kuɗin da aka sata daga mai goyon baya da kuma karɓar kuɗi. 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, ba a san inda Luang Por Dhammajayo yake ba, kuma a cikin 2018, an sanya Phrakhru Sangharak Rangsarit a matsayin babban jami'in.