Popularly known as Me Nu Ok Kyaung or the Brick Monastery, the Maha Aung Mye Bon Zan monastery was built in 1818 by Nanmadaw Me Nu, the famous chief queen of Bagyidaw, as the residence of her religious preceptor, the Nyaunggan Sayadaw. The earthquake of 1838 damaged it and it was restores in 1873. Different from traditional Burmese monasteries, which are constructed with bricks, in the same style as the wooden monasteries of its time. It has a multi-tiered roof and its stucco imitates wood carvings that wooden monasteries were decorated with.