.THROUGH ONE matter there are actually virtually 700,000 Hindu temples in India. But for many followers it was the one that did not exist– a monument to mark the apparent birthplace of Ram, a Hindu god– that mattered one of the most. On January 22nd their yearning will certainly pertain to an end when Narendra Modi, the head of state, venerates the Ram mandir, a grand temple in the north city of Ayodhya.
Some 8,000 people are going to go to the ceremony, featuring credit ratings of officials from Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Gathering (BJP) and also very important people from 55 countries. Why is actually the holy place therefore essential?