.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are actually nearing. Citizens are counted on to go to the polls in April and May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, expects to win a 3rd term in office. To that end he has actually been actually highlighting his spiritual dedication. On January 22nd Mr Modi commenced a brand new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north metropolitan area strongly believed through supporters to be that Hindu the lord's birthplace. The temple was actually improved property previously filled through a centuries-old cathedral, which was taken apart by a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Attending to a crowd of proponents after the service, which marked the unofficial start of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi claimed the brand-new development was actually "certainly not simply a magnificent temple" but "a temple of India's vision, theory and also instructions". What performed he indicate?