.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are looming. Electors are expected to visit the polls in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, intends to succeed a third term in office. To that end he has been actually highlighting his religious devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi commenced a brand new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north metropolitan area thought by fans to become that Hindu god's place of origin. The holy place was actually built on land previously utilized through a centuries-old mosque, which was actually taken down by a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Attending to a group of advocates after the ceremony, which marked the off the record begin of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi professed the brand new building and construction was actually "not only a blissful temple" yet "a temple of India's dream, viewpoint as well as direction". What performed he mean?