Unesco’s world heritage site at Bruhi marks the royal houses built in 1725, Clemens August of Bavaria (1700-1761), Prince-Elector and archbishop of Cologne, made this large residence at Brühi through architect Johann Conrad Schlaun, but it was finished by François de Cuvilliés. The Castle of Falkenlust was built by François de Cuvilliés between 1729 and 1737 for Prince-Elector of Cologne.
Bruhi’s root is in ‘Bharu’ or ‘Bhru’; there was a king, a country, and a seaport in this name in ancient times. City of Bhiru, according to Pali sources, was built by Bhiru who escaped the kingdom of Sikhandi, the parricide ruler of Sauvira, when this city was destroyed by heavy fall of sand, following the murder of King Rudrayana, King of Roruka. It may identify itself with Barahi goddess and Varah Avatara of Indian puranic traditions. It explains the same geographical surroundings where Sage Bhrugu was living who identified himself with Bhara-dvaj clan. Name Bruhi also bears some geographical relationship with Bhoi, a royal shepherd class people of the ancient world whose cattle holding was above that of a palli or the Greek polish means 500 cattle. 24 pallis make one gostha or Goth; 24 goths makes one laudi; 24 laudis makes one maha-khode; and 24 maha-khode makes one Maha Bhoi.
Buddhist sources mention different Jatakas connected with the name ‘Bhuri’ like, Bahru Jataka, Bhuri-datta Jataka, Bhuri-panna Jataka and Bheri-vada Jataka; this name is also found in Suparaka Jataka. In Bhuri Sutta, stress is laid on four conditions, which if developed, lead to extensive insight. Bharikaccha was name of an ancient city which is a coined name for two places :Bharu and Kaccha which were neighbourly to each other.
Augustusburg identifies its root in Augasti, name of a Sage who is connected with the story of the Mt Vindhya in the ‘south’(means ‘Negev’). Here Vindhya means the mountain at the centre of the earth or Madhya-desha or the Middle Country. Falkenlust similarly refers to balkal , a type of cloth made out of barks of certain trees; this identifies the Bariah monks of the Barahi region to which Deborah of the Bible belonged.
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