.BY ONE matter there are actually almost 700,000 Hindu temples in India. But for numerous followers it was the one that performed certainly not exist– a monolith to mark the apparent birthplace of Ram, a Hindu the lord– that mattered the most. On January 22nd their yearning will definitely relate to an end when Narendra Modi, the head of state, consecrates the Ram mandir, a marvelous holy place in the north urban area of Ayodhya.
Some 8,000 people are going to attend the ceremony, featuring scores of representatives from Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Event (BJP) and also person of influences coming from 55 countries. Why is the temple so necessary?