4+/5 river in its upper alpine reaches and becomes pool drop towards the latter end of the trip. Rafting was first started in February 1994 by the Indian Army and the first successful kayak descent of the river in December 2003. Parshuram Kund, a Hindu pilgrimage is situated on the lower reaches of Lohit. Over 70,000 devotees and sadhus take holy dip its water each year on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, in the month of January. See also Zayü County (in Tibet) Dhola–Sadiya Bridge References External links Report Assam Floods 16 Jun 2006 - Lohit Lohit River marked on OpenStreetMap Rivers of Arunachal Pradesh Tributaries of the Brahmaputra River Rivers of India Rivers of Tibet Rivers of Assam