When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the new Hindu temple in Ayodhya, many will see it as the capstone of his 10 years in power. Built on the site of a former mosque at a cost estimated at more than $200 million, the temple shows how his Bharatiya Janata Party has become a seemingly unstoppable electoral machine. And the timing of the inauguration, just months before national elections, may boost the election prospects of Modi and his fellow Hindu nationalists.

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00:00 Introduction
01:06 Importance of Ayodhya and Lord Ram
04:05 Challenges to Modi’s government
06:38 BJP’s successful state elections
07:35 Rising Hindu nationalism


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