Trikuta

Trikuta (Sinhala: Thirikunamalai, Tamil: Tirikutamalai, Trikuta giri, Thai: Nila Kala) is a three peaked mountain in Hindu mythology. It is one of the twenty mountains surrounding Maha-Meru. The height is said in the Bhagavata Purana to be 10,000 yojanas, and the three peaks are iron, silver and gold. We find its references in the Sundarkand chapter of the Ramayana and its location is believed to be in Lanka. Srimad Bhagavatam further tells us that it contains a nice garden called Rumak, constructed by Varuna, and it also contains a beautiful lake with elephants (see: Gajendra Moksha) inhabiting the region. Trikuta is historically viewed as a legendary reference to the tallest peak of the island, the mountain Sivanoli Padam of the Malaya mountainous range, surrounded by lakes and gardens and capital of Ravana's kingdom. Jatavarman Veera Pandyan I mentions Trikutagiri alongside the Koneswaram temple of Konamalai as two different places in a country of the island Eelam that he conquered and placed atop the victory bull flag of the Pandyan kingdom in 1262.