.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are actually nearing. Citizens are expected to go to the surveys in April and also May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, wants to gain a 3rd condition in office. To that end he has been accentuating his religious devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi commenced a brand-new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern city believed by enthusiasts to become that Hindu the lord's place of origin. The temple was built on land recently utilized by a centuries-old mosque, which was actually dismantled through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Resolving a group of followers after the event, which noted the informal begin of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi claimed the brand new building and construction was "certainly not merely a divine holy place" yet "a temple of India's vision, theory and instructions". What did he imply?