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By Krishn Kaushik (Reuters) -Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the consecration on Monday of a grand temple to the Hindu god-king Ram on a site believed to be his birthplace, in a historic event for the Hindu majority of the world’s most populous nation. Coming months before Modi seeks a rare third term in general elections due by May, the event delivers on a campaign promise his political party made more than three decades ago, but also calls to mind some of India’s worst sectarian strife. WHY DOES IT MATTER? The idol represents Ram as a five-year-old child, as many Hindus consider the …