.THROUGH ONE matter there are actually just about 700,000 Hindu temples in India. However for a lot of devotees it was the one that did not exist– a monument to denote the ostensible birth place of Ram, a Hindu god– that mattered the best. On January 22nd their yearning will relate to an end when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, venerates the Ram mandir, a splendid holy place in the northern city of Ayodhya.
Some 8,000 individuals are going to go to the event, consisting of ratings of authorities from Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also dignitaries coming from 55 nations. Why is the holy place thus significant?