.IN INDIA NATIONAL political elections are impending. Voters are actually anticipated to go to the surveys in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, expects to succeed a 3rd term in office. To that end he has been playing up his spiritual devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a brand new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern metropolitan area thought by fans to be that Hindu the lord's place of origin. The temple was built on property formerly utilized by a centuries-old mosque, which was torn down through a Hindu-nationalist mob in 1992. Dealing with a group of followers after the ceremony, which marked the off the record begin of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi claimed the new building and construction was actually "not only a blissful temple" yet "a holy place of India's sight, theory and path". What did he mean?