Mayasura - Wikipedia Mayasura Mayasura Sri Krishna requests Mayasura build a palace for the Pandavas Information Spouse ( s ) Hema ( Apsara ) Children Mandadari In Hindu mythology, Maya ( Sanskrit : मय ), or Mayāsura ( मयासुर ) was a great ancient king of the asura, daitya and rākṣasa races. Contents 1 In the Mahabharat 2 In the Ramāyana 3 See also 4 References In the mahabharat Mayasura had befriended a snake named Takshaka and lived with him in the area of Khandavprastha along with his family and friends. But when the Pandavas came there after the partition of Hastinapur, Arjun burnt the entire forest, forcing Takshaka to flee away and killing everyone in the forest. Along with his family. So, Mayasura decided to surrender to the Pandavas. Krishna was ready to forgive him and for this act, Mayasura built a very grand palace named Maya - Mahal, where the Pandavas would perform the Rajsuya Yagna. He also offer him the gifts like, a bow, a sword and many more. He also gave a mace to Arjuna 's brother Bhima. In the Rāmāyaṇa He built his capital and called it Maya Rashtra. Mayaasura is mentioned in Uttarakāṇḍa of Rāmāyaṇa and here he is said to be the son of Diti ( wife of Kashyapa, a Saptaṛṣi ), He is the father of Mandodari, the beautiful wife of Ravana, the king of Lanka. See also Mara ( demon ) Hindu mythology Vedic mythology Mahābhārata Ramayana Mamuni Mayan References Jump up ^ Uttara Ramayana https://archive.org/stream/TheRamayanaUttaraKandam/The_Ramayana_djvu.txt Jump up ^ Devahish Dasgupta. Tourism Marketing. Pearson Education India. p. 20. ISBN 978 - 81 - 317 - 3182 - 6. Retrieved 29 January 2012. 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Question: according to mahabharata who constructed unparalleled palace of pandavas
Answer: Mayasura