.BY ONE COUNT there are almost 700,000 Hindu temples in India. Yet for several devotees it was actually the one that carried out not exist-- a monument to mark the plausible birth place of Ram, a Hindu god-- that mattered the absolute most. On January 22nd their yearning will involve a side when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, anoints the Ram mandir, a marvelous holy place in the northern metropolitan area of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 individuals will certainly join the service, including credit ratings of representatives from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Gathering (BJP) and person of influences coming from 55 countries. Why is the holy place therefore significant?