Across the creek from Shwe In Bin, the city's largest monastery lacks ancient historical pedigree but does sport a ‘Big Ben’ clock and a unique six-storey octagonal library tower topped with a great viewpoint along with a shrine shaded by artificial mango and ptao trees. The monastery has long been noted for the politically forthright views of its monks, and it's the base of controversial monk Ashin Wirathu, figurehead of the 969 movement.
