.IN INDIA NATIONAL elections are looming. Electors are actually counted on to head to the surveys in April and May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, wants to gain a 3rd condition in office. To that end he has been actually playing up his spiritual dedication. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north urban area thought through devotees to become that Hindu god's place of origin. The temple was improved property recently utilized through a centuries-old cathedral, which was actually taken apart through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Taking care of a crowd of proponents after the ceremony, which denoted the unofficial beginning of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi stated the brand-new development was actually "certainly not only a blissful temple" yet "a holy place of India's dream, viewpoint and instructions". What performed he mean?