.IN INDIA NATIONAL political elections are impending. Citizens are expected to go to the surveys in April and May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, intends to succeed a 3rd condition in office. To that end he has been actually playing up his spiritual devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi ushered in a new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a north urban area felt through devotees to be that Hindu god's birthplace. The holy place was actually improved property recently occupied by a centuries-old mosque, which was actually taken apart by a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Taking care of a group of followers after the service, which marked the unofficial start of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi asserted the brand-new building and construction was actually "not just a blissful temple" yet "a temple of India's vision, theory as well as direction". What did he indicate?