sentences:  This is the shorter and lower impact of the two events, spanning roughly 1000 kilometres, across 12 districts and one union territory.The daily stretches can be up to 200 kilometres long, and can be strewn with significant natural and human obstacles, ranging from densely packed urban sprawl to monsoon rains to uncooperative cows on the roadways.The route is within the southern Indian province of Tamil Nadu, and extends down the southern coast of India between the start lines in Besant Nagar Beach, Chennai to the chequered flag in Kanniyakumari at the sub-continent's southern tip.