.BY ONE COUNT there are just about 700,000 Hindu holy places in India. But for a lot of devotees it was actually the one that performed certainly not exist-- a monument to denote the ostensible birthplace of Ram, a Hindu the lord-- that mattered the best. On January 22nd their yearning will relate to a side when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, consecrates the Ram mandir, a huge temple in the north area of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 folks will join the ceremony, including credit ratings of representatives coming from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and very important people from 55 countries. Why is the temple thus significant?