His Holiness Srimad Andavan Srivaraha Mahadesikan launched a nine-day online celebration and competition for Sri Rama Navami called ‘Vande Raghavam Vibhum’, to help bhagavatas connect to the Divya Dampatis during the Corona lock-down period.  He also issued his niyamanams (divine instructions) to the worldwide community of Srivaishnavas, sishyas, abhimanis and well-wishers to participate  enthusiastically in the online competitions. The video of his instructions encouraging devotees to participate in the celebrations can be accessed by clicking here.  Vande Raghavam Vibhum is open to devotees of all ages: children, youth, adults and senior citizens. It includes drawing, elocution, essay writing, stotra recitations, and other competitions. Each day, there will be a different flavour to the competition and all submissions will be online either as image files or recordings. This is a wonderful way to engage kayena-vacha-manasa (by actions, speech and thoughts) in the divine kainkaryams of Acharyan, Perumal and Piratti. Hence everyone is encouraged to participate enthusiastically in this competition and involve as many others as possible by spreading this message through their networks. More details of each day of the competition can be accessed by visiting our dedicated page on our website by clicking here. All participants can visit this page and see more details of the day’s competition and find the link to upload their entries. For daily updates on your Whatsapp number, you can send a message to +91 97037 65756 with a request to be added to the Vande Raghavam Vibhum broadcast list. On the broadcast list you will get a daily message with the details of the next day’s competition with the link for uploading your entries.