This temple started in the days of King Gotabhaya is the only royal temple in Elpitiya area..This temple was started in the first century during the Anuradhapura Kingdom period. King Gotabhaya is the brother of King Kavantissa. Because of the opposition, the Magama kingdom was affected by disaster, so he came with his entourage to a village called Goluwamulla and lived incognito as a mute. As time passed, when the unrest subsided, the local governments of that area were taken over and one day, while walking on the road near the land where the Ganegoda temple is now, he saw that beautiful piece of land and thought it would be great if a temple was built there.