.BY ONE matter there are practically 700,000 Hindu temples in India. Yet for a lot of devotees it was the one that did certainly not exist-- a building to denote the plausible birthplace of Ram, a Hindu god-- that mattered the most. On January 22nd their yearning will pertain to an end when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, consecrates the Ram mandir, a grand temple in the north urban area of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 individuals will certainly go to the service, featuring credit ratings of authorities coming from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Gathering (BJP) and also dignitaries coming from 55 nations. Why is actually the temple so significant?