.BY ONE COUNT there are just about 700,000 Hindu holy places in India. Yet for several followers it was actually the one that carried out certainly not exist-- a monument to denote the plausible birthplace of Ram, a Hindu the lord-- that mattered the absolute most. On January 22nd their yearning are going to involve a side when Narendra Modi, the prime minister, anoints the Ram mandir, a grand holy place in the northern city of Ayodhya. Some 8,000 people are going to attend the ceremony, including scores of officials coming from Mr Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and also dignitaries from 55 countries. Why is the holy place therefore necessary?