Uttar Pradesh Association of Detroit

10/14/2026

🪔 UPAD DIWALI 2026 — DEEP JALE, DIL MILE! 🪔

Celebrate the Festival of Lights with family, friends, and our wonderful community!

Join the Uttar Pradesh Association of Detroit (UPAD) for an evening of cultural performances, delicious food, festivities, and togetherness as we celebrate the traditions that connect us.

📅 Saturday, November 14, 2026
🕔 5:00 PM
📍 North Hills Middle School, Bloomfield Township, MI

🎟️ Tickets start at $25 for adults and $15 for children.

Bring your family. Invite your friends. Let’s make this Diwali a memorable celebration!

👉 Event details and tickets:
https://events.upad.us/2026/diwali/

Celebrate UPAD Diwali 2026 — Deep Jale, Dil Mile. Saturday, November 14, 2026 at North Hills Middle School.

08/17/2026

TICKETS:

08/17/2026

TICKETS: https://www.upad.us/events

07/19/2026

UPAD Heritage Recognition

The Uttar Pradesh Association of Detroit (UPAD) is proud to recognize Pt. Vikas Kumar Pandey Ji, priest in Bharatiya Temple in Troy and a distinguished son of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, upon being conferred the prestigious Maharishi Award for “Celebrations and Fulfillment.”

This distinguished international honor was bestowed at Maharishi International University and Maharishi Vedic City, Fairfield, Iowa, in recognition of his dedicated service through Vedic chanting, Maharishi Yagyas, and the preservation of the timeless Vedic tradition.

Uttar Pradesh is home to many of the most sacred places of Sanātana Dharma, including Ayodhya, Kashi, Prayagraj, Mathura, and Vrindavan. For thousands of years, this sacred land has nurtured sages, scholars, saints, and spiritual traditions that continue to inspire millions around the world. Through his devotion, scholarship, and service, Pt. Vikas Kumar Pandey carries forward this enduring legacy and helps preserve one of humanity’s oldest living spiritual traditions.

UPAD Heritage Recognition
Celebrating the sons and daughters of Uttar Pradesh whose achievements preserve our heritage, serve society, and inspire future generations.
By honoring Pt. Vikas Kumar Pandey, UPAD also celebrates the rich spiritual and cultural heritage of Uttar Pradesh and recognizes those whose achievements bring pride to our community while inspiring future generations.

On behalf of the UPAD Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Committee Members, and Life Members, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to Pt. Vikas Kumar Pandey on this well-deserved recognition and wish him continued success in his noble service to Dharma and society.

Congratulations, Pt. Vikas Kumar Pandey!

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UPAD Heritage Recognition is an initiative to honor distinguished sons and daughters of Uttar Pradesh whose achievements bring pride to our community and inspire future generations.

07/03/2026

07/01/2026

https://www.upad.us/times

07/01/2026

Dear UPAD Family,

We are delighted to share the July 2026 edition of UPAD Times, dedicated to two of the most sacred cities in our civilization — Mathura and Vrindavan, where Krishna walked 5,000 years ago.

Many of us have grown up with stories of Mathura and Vrindavan. In recent years, some of those stories have been retold through a modern lens — reinterpreted through the frameworks of caste, feminism, and progressive politics. These retellings are often compelling. They are also, in most cases, substitutions for the tradition rather than readings of it.

This edition of UPAD Times presents a dharmic view. Not a reaction to what others have said — but a direct engagement with what the tradition actually says, what it has always said, and what 5,000 years of commentary has established.

In this edition:

📖 What the Raas Leela actually is — and what it is not.
🏛️ What the vastraharan — Draupadi's disrobing in the Kuru court — was actually encoding: not gender violence, but the catastrophic failure of every elder in that assembly to uphold dharma, and divine protection arriving when human institutions collapsed.
🕉️ What each act of Krishna's life was deliberately meant to teach.
🌊 How the Yamuna cleaning project mirrors the Kaliya episode — transformation, not destruction.
🛕 A temple map you can walk — Banke Bihari, Govardhan, Nidhivan, Krishna Janmabhoomi.
🌍 How the Bhagavata Purana was designed to travel — and how it reached Detroit.

We believe that a civilization 5,000 years old deserves to be read by what it meant in its own time — not reshaped to fit a framework that arrived last week.

Six sections. One city. One life.
🌐 Read now: https://www.upad.us/times

New this edition: a feedback button on every page. Your responses will be reviewed by our editorial team and shared back with the community periodically — as themes and numbers, never names. We want to hear from you.

We invite you to read, reflect, and share with family and friends.

Happy reading!
UP Association of Detroit (UPAD)

https://www.upad.us/times

07/01/2026

Launching at 5 PM today!!

06/29/2026

Important Update – UPAD Hasya Kavi Sammelan 2026

Dear Friends,

We regret to inform you that our UPAD Hasya Kavi Sammelan 2026 has been postponed.

The national organizers have informed us that two of the three featured Kavis were unable to obtain their U.S. visas in time for the tour. As a result, the U.S. tour, including the Detroit program, cannot proceed as planned.

Should the visa situation change in the coming weeks and the poets receive their visas, we will be delighted to organize the event in Detroit at a later date. We will keep everyone informed if that becomes possible.

In the meantime, we are closing ticket sales and will begin processing full refunds for all tickets purchased. Those who registered will receive additional information regarding the refund process shortly.

We sincerely appreciate your understanding, patience, and enthusiastic support for this event.

We look forward to seeing you and your families at our UPAD Annual Picnic on August 23, and at many more community events throughout the year.

Thank you for your continued support of UPAD.

UP Association of Detroit (UPAD)

06/27/2026

⚽🏆 UPAD World Cup 2026 Predictor is LIVE!

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