Shweinbin Monastery

Shweinbin Monastery
ရွှေအင်ပင်ကျောင်း
Shweinbin Monastery around 1900.
Religion
Affiliation	Theravada Buddhism
Location
Country	Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Burma
Shown within Myanmar
Geographic coordinates	21.966280°N 96.065954°E / 21.966280; 96.065954
Architecture
Completed	1895; 129 years ago (1895)

Shweinbin Monastery (Burmese: ရွှေအင်ပင်ကျောင်း) is a Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, Burma, built in the tradition of Burmese teak architecture.^[1] The monastery was built in 1895 by a Sino-Burmese merchant married to a Burmese woman of royal extraction. The monastery's construction strictly adheres to traditional rules of Burmese monastic architecture and includes all of the designated pyatthat-crowned pavilions.^[2][3][4]

See also

• Atumashi Monastery
• Myadaung Monastery
• Salin Monastery
• Shwenandaw Monastery
• Taiktaw Monastery

References

1. Wilson, Constance. "Part II - Mandalay, The Burmese Heartland". Northern Illinois University. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
2. Ma Thanegi. "Religious architecture" (PDF). Retrieved 13 July 2015.
3. Ma Thanegi (2005). Myanmar Architecture: Cities of Gold. Marshall Cavendish. p. 100. ISBN 9789812329165.
4. "15-17 November 1995". Proceedings of the Conference on Myanmar and Southeast Asian Studies. Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre: 309. 1996.