.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are actually nearing. Citizens are expected to go to the polls in April and also May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, hopes to succeed a 3rd condition in workplace. Therefore he has been actually highlighting his theological devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi inaugurated a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern area felt through devotees to be that Hindu the lord's birthplace. The temple was built on land earlier utilized by a centuries-old cathedral, which was taken down by a Hindu-nationalist mob in 1992. Resolving a group of proponents after the event, which marked the unofficial start of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi asserted the brand new building was actually "not just a spiritual temple" but "a temple of India's sight, philosophy and also instructions". What performed he imply?