Well yesterday I got a peak into why Maya behaves the way she does. She too like Rudra craves for love. A child who has not at all seen her father and whose mother passed away at the tender age of 8 wants to be loved and appreciated. In other words you can say she wants to please everyone so that she has a sense of belonging. She doesn't want to lose anything she has. For that she only looks the world with rose tinted glass. Everything is good for her. Whatever she likes, she believes it is good only and can never be bad.
She trusts her mama, nanu and now Rudra. Girl has never tried to see anything bad about anyone because she loves to be in the happy cocoon she has built up for herself. Tapadayi Mai and Maimui has rightly guessed the innocence in that girl and her craving for love.
I would say it was a sweet gesture from Tapadayi Mayi to give her that Kangan. I guess after Maimui that is the truest form of affection Maya has received.
Now I guess the delusional world Maya has build up for herself is gonna break. With Nanu's revelation slowly that girl is gonna change. Now Rudra who is told by Shivanand that protecting Amrit is his mission will most probably choose Amrit over protecting Maya. That will be the last nail to the coffin of the delusional Maya.
As per mythology Yogamaya looks like a innocent baby girl in Devaki's lap. But when Kamsa ( her uncle) throws her to the wall she takes the form of Durga and we all know Durga is power personified incarnation of Goddess Parvati
Same is gonna happen with Maya. Maya who everyone thinks as a girl who can be deposed of will come back, come back as power personified by her experience, she will be hardened. Her death will be an illusion to all concerned. She will come at the most unexpected moment to change the course of the match. Rudra cannot save Amrit without her. But the condition which she is in she is of no help to Rudra. So Maya has to change to protect Rudra as well as the universe.