.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are looming. Electors are actually expected to go to the surveys in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, expects to succeed a third phrase in office. To that end he has been actually playing up his theological dedication. On January 22nd Mr Modi commenced a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern urban area believed by followers to be that Hindu god's native home. The holy place was actually built on property recently utilized by a centuries-old cathedral, which was actually torn down by a Hindu-nationalist mob in 1992. Dealing with a group of advocates after the service, which noted the off the record begin of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi claimed the brand-new building and construction was "not simply a magnificent holy place" yet "a temple of India's vision, theory and also path". What performed he imply?