.BY ONE COUNT there are virtually 700,000 Hindu temples in India. However for lots of followers it was the one that did not exist– a building to denote the apparent birth place of Ram, a Hindu the lord– that mattered the best. On January 22nd their yearning will involve a side when Narendra Modi, the head of state, consecrates the Ram mandir, a marvelous temple in the northern city of Ayodhya.
Some 8,000 folks will go to the ceremony, consisting of scores of officials coming from Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) as well as very important people coming from 55 countries. Why is actually the holy place therefore vital?