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Australian marathon runner sets off on Spirit of India run

Xinhua, January 26, 2016 Adjust font size:

An Australian ultra-marathon runner set off on a 4,600-km run Tuesday from the southernmost tip of this country to promote India as a tourist destination.

Pat Farmer, a former Australian MP, began his run from Kanyakumari and he would end it in Indian-controlled Kashmir, an initiative that also aims at raising funds for education of Indian girls.

"Farmer's Spirit of India Run is aimed at cementing relations between India and Australia," the Indian Tourism Ministry has said in a statement.

Farmer began his endeavor "with a view to creating awareness of India as a Must Experience destination for travellers from Australia ... and raising funds for education of girl child," it added.

Farmer is accompanied by a TV crew that will prepare a documentary to be screened on Australia's TV Network. Endit