Triple Fortress; the three cities who symbolize the three guna's ( RRV-8).

A city was built up by Maya, with gold silver and iron for the sake of asuras. Really towns are Taraka. Maya and Vidyunmala were under this city. Fir... more

Three flying cities built by Maya Danava for the three sons of the demon Taraka. These aerial fortresses rendered the enemies of the demigods invincible, until the secret was discovered that Lord Siva could destroy the cities with a single arrow at the rare moment when they conjoined in a straight line.

the three a s u r a cities of gold silver and iron constructed by M a y a D â n a v a immensely great and of an uncommon traffic and of peculiar specialties (they were reported to hover as airships over one another in the sky. Because of the trouble the a s u r a s created with them were the cities by lord S' i v a pierced so that all the inhabitants fell dead; see 7.10: 54-55).

Tripura (meaning three cities, in Sanskrit) was constructed by the great architect Mayasura. They were great cities of prosperity, power and dominance over the world, but due to their impious nature, Maya's cities were destroyed by Lord Shiva. The three cities were made of iron, silver and gold and were located on earth, in the sky and in heaven, respectively.