Located just a stone’s throw away from Stesen Sentral, this center for the study of Buddhism was established in 1894 by the Sinhalese community to provide a place of worship in their Sri Lankan Theravada tradition. The current Buddhist Chief High Priest, Venerable K. Dhammaratana Thera, is based here. The Maha Vihara is now a major Buddhist Community
Centre in Kuala Lumpur as well as in Malaysia. The Bodhi trees growing in the garden were grown from cuttings from the famous temple complex of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka.