.IN INDIA NATIONAL vote-castings are impending. Voters are counted on to head to the polls in April and also May. Narendra Modi, the head of state, expects to gain a third phrase in office. To that end he has been actually playing up his religious devotion. On January 22nd Mr Modi inaugurated a brand new temple to Ram, in Ayodhya, a northern metropolitan area strongly believed by enthusiasts to be that Hindu god's birth place. The temple was improved land earlier filled through a centuries-old cathedral, which was taken down through a Hindu-nationalist crowd in 1992. Taking care of a crowd of promoters after the ceremony, which noted the informal beginning of his campaign for re-election, Mr Modi declared the brand-new building was "not merely a spiritual temple" yet "a temple of India's dream, approach and direction". What performed he indicate?