.IN INDIA NATIONAL political elections are nearing. Voters are counted on to head to the polls in April as well as May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, wants to gain a third term in office. To that end he has actually been accentuating his spiritual dedication. On January 22nd Mr Modi inaugurated a brand-new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north urban area thought through followers to become that Hindu god's place of origin. The holy place was improved property formerly occupied through a centuries-old mosque, which was actually dismantled through a Hindu-nationalist mob in 1992. Attending to a group of proponents after the event, which marked the off the record begin of his advocate re-election, Mr Modi professed the new building and construction was "not simply a supernatural holy place" yet "a temple of India's dream, viewpoint as well as instructions". What did he indicate?