Shweinbin Monastery

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| name = Shweinbin Monastery

| native_name = {{lang|my|ရွှေအင်ပင်ကျောင်း}}

| image = File:Shwe In Bin Monastery, Mandalay, in about 1900.jpg

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| caption = Shweinbin Monastery around 1900.

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| coordinates = {{coord|21.966280|96.065954|display=inline,title}}

| religious_affiliation = Theravada Buddhism

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| country = Mandalay, Mandalay Region, Burma

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| year_completed = {{start date and years ago|1895}}

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Shweinbin Monastery ({{langx|my|ရွှေအင်ပင်ကျောင်း}}) is a Buddhist monastery in Mandalay, Burma, built in the tradition of Burmese teak architecture.{{cite web|url=http://www.seasite.niu.edu/burmese/culture/wilsonpages/mandalayregion/mandalayregion.htm|title=Part II - Mandalay, The Burmese Heartland|last=Wilson|first=Constance|work=Northern Illinois University|accessdate=13 July 2015}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.networkmyanmar.org/images/ra.pdf|title=Religious architecture|last=Ma Thanegi|accessdate=13 July 2015}}{{cite book|last=Ma Thanegi|title=Myanmar Architecture: Cities of Gold|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|date=2005|pages=100|isbn=9789812329165}}{{cite journal|date=1996|title=15-17 November 1995|journal=Proceedings of the Conference on Myanmar and Southeast Asian Studies|publisher=Universities Historical Research Centre|location=Yangon|pages=309}}

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