.THROUGH ONE COUNT there are almost 700,000 Hindu holy places in India. However for a lot of devotees it was the one that did certainly not exist-- a monument to mark the plausible birth place of Ram, a Hindu god-- that mattered the absolute most. On January 22nd their yearning are going to concern an end when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, venerates the Ram mandir, a marvelous holy place in the northern urban area of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 individuals will join the service, including scores of officials coming from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Gathering (BJP) and person of influences coming from 55 nations. Why is the holy place so necessary?