.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are actually nearing. Voters are counted on to visit the surveys in April and also May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, intends to win a third term in office. Therefore he has actually been highlighting his theological devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi commenced a brand new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north city felt by followers to be that Hindu the lord's place of origin. The holy place was built on land recently occupied through a centuries-old mosque, which was taken down through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Dealing with a crowd of promoters after the ceremony, which marked the informal beginning of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi asserted the brand new construction was "certainly not just a magnificent holy place" yet "a holy place of India's vision, approach and also direction". What did he suggest?