.BY ONE COUNT there are nearly 700,000 Hindu temples in India. Yet for a lot of followers it was the one that carried out certainly not exist-- a monument to denote the ostensible place of origin of Ram, a Hindu god-- that mattered the absolute most. On January 22nd their yearning will definitely involve an end when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, venerates the Ram mandir, a splendid holy place in the north urban area of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 people will definitely go to the ceremony, consisting of credit ratings of officials coming from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) as well as dignitaries from 55 countries. Why is the temple thus significant?