.BY ONE matter there are practically 700,000 Hindu temples in India. Yet for several followers it was the one that carried out certainly not exist-- a building to note the plausible birth place of Ram, a Hindu god-- that mattered the most. On January 22nd their yearning will certainly concern a side when Narendra Modi, the head of state, consecrates the Ram mandir, a grand temple in the northern area of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 folks are going to go to the event, consisting of scores of officials from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Gathering (BJP) as well as dignitaries coming from 55 nations. Why is the temple thus essential?