.IN INDIA NATIONAL political elections are looming. Voters are anticipated to go to the polls in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the prime minister, hopes to gain a third phrase in office. To that end he has actually been highlighting his theological dedication. On January 22nd Mr Modi commenced a brand new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north urban area believed by followers to be that Hindu the lord's birthplace. The temple was improved property earlier occupied through a centuries-old mosque, which was torn down by a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Dealing with a crowd of proponents after the service, which marked the informal begin of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi asserted the brand-new building and construction was "not merely a magnificent holy place" but "a holy place of India's dream, theory and instructions". What did he indicate?