.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are actually nearing. Citizens are counted on to visit the polls in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, expects to gain a third condition in workplace. To that end he has been highlighting his religious commitment. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north city believed through enthusiasts to be that Hindu god's birthplace. The holy place was actually built on property recently utilized by a centuries-old mosque, which was dismantled through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Addressing a group of promoters after the service, which noted the informal start of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi declared the brand-new development was actually "certainly not simply a blissful holy place" but "a holy place of India's dream, philosophy and also instructions". What did he mean?