the first issue of the college magazine came out in 1954. in 1956 "vihara mandiraya and chaitya" was built to commemorate "buddha jayanthi year" at school premises. the college had adapted itself to the socio-cultural changes which were taking place since buddha jayanthi in 1956 which led to the renaming of the college in 1961. greenlands road had been renamed as "isipathana mawatha" after isipathanaramaya temple and the school was renamed as "isipathana maha vidyalaya". within a decade "greenlands" became "isipathana".