Great Lakes Aradhana Committee

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"nAda tanumanisha shankaram namAmi mE manasA shirasA"

2026 Membership: 'Back to Basics' rAma bhakti sAmrAjyam EmAnavula kabbenO manasA

GLAC is a member based organization with one of the best programming in the country! Our yearly rate is approx one family concert rate! Over the past decade, our membership rates has stayed around same even though our operating costs have gone up by almost 50% -- augmenting the difference with grants, corporate sponsorship, advertisements and collaborations. Show your support by becoming a member EVEN if you think you can't attend all concerts. Support GLAC to support Music in Michigan!

2026 SAROVAR SEASON: (All GLAC events are FREE for paid patrons)

2026 TRIBUTES | #MALI100 #DEEKSHITAR250 #SEETHADORAISWAMY100
Indo American Festival of Performing Arts -- SAROVAR 2026
Feb-May (Select Sundays): FREE Pancharatnam Classes with Vid. Madurai Sundar
Mar 21: Oothukadu Venkata Kavi (Subbier) Remembrance Day (GLAC Supported)
Mar 28: Sarovar Swarotsavam - A Fresh Take on Competitions (SV Temple) Registrations
Apr 1-12: Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival
May TBD: #Detroit4Flint Community Service - Annual Flint Cleanup (Kasi Temple, Flint)
May 8: Masters in Tour - Flute Maestro Chevalier Shashank, Abhishek Raghuram (MSU, Troy) Tickets $30 Zelle/Venmo to details above
May 9: Divyasena Dance Program - Canton Temple
May 16: Michigan Thyagaraja Aradhana (Kasi Temple, Flint) Registrations
May 16: Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Mysore Srikanth, NC Bharadwaj
May 17: GFA Music Festival & Awards, SV Temple
May 17: Carnatics Brothers - Shashikiran and Ganesh (GFA Event), SV Temple
May 31: Sunil Gargyan and party -- First time in Michigan (GFA Event) Balaji Temple
May TBD: Detroit Dance Aradhana : NA Dance festival (TBD)
June TBD: Guruguha Vaibhavam - The unknown side #Deekshitar250 by Sri Madurai Sundar
July 27: Music @ the Park - An outdoor concert at the Park (Details to follow)
Sep TBD: Palghat Ramprasad - First time in Michigan (TBD)
Sep TBD: 36th Annual Navaratri Festival of Michigan (Bharatiya Temple) 12:30pm
Sep TBD: Michigan Dance Festival feat dance schools of Michigan (Bharatiya Temple)
Oct TBD: Navaratri Golu / GLAC Golu Galatta - An Online Golu Contest
Oct TBD: GLAC at the Novi Diwali Fest (Novi Civic Center)
Nov TBD: Chembai Sangeetha Aradhana Parashakti Temple, Pontiac MI
(Some events to be added, some TBD events are placeholders)

GLAC - A Nobility Champion during COVID
Karunā for Corona! An Online Fundraising Festival feat Detroi's Advaita Dasa with 20+ artistes.
Teens supporting PPEs for hospitals in Detroit & Chennai: Click here for the article.
Supporting musicians in India with Summer Music Festival 'Paarambaryam'

GLAC is a volunteer run organization giving back to the art ecosystem & supporting the communities of Detroit, Chennai & Flint! With one foot in our 35year heritage and our right foot forward into the future; GLAC does fundraisers like #Detroit4Chennai GLAC volunteers help cleanup Flint. #Detroit4Flint collecting samples for the Susan B Komen Tissue Bank in Detroit. #GLAC4KTB

Chennai is known as the Detroit of India & with classical music, GLAC has made Detroit, the Chennai of USA.

Padmashree Hariharan sporting a GLAC Tshirt. All members get a FREE Tshirt (one per family, while supplies last)

Our Mission & Vision

Vanakkam, Vandanam, Susvaagatam, Namaste and Welcome to GLAC!

The Great Lakes Aradhana Committee or GLAC is a premier non-profit organization committed to preserving, presenting and promoting arts in the Great Lakes region.

Our mission is to promote classical arts in our community for the cause of enrichment, participation and fellowship for art aficionados in Michigan by bringing quality events on a regular basis with a bias on membership satisfaction. GLAC helps the community in having arts programs that meet the needs of an aging population, providing opportunities in the arts for people with disabilities, having programs for migrant workers and immigrants and programs on arts in healing/healthcare programs.

GLAC strives in perpetuating the unique cultural heritage into the mainstream American diaspora with it's events well attended by people of all ethnicities from the Great Lakes states of the USA and Canada.

Click here for an overview of GLAC -- presented at the Detroit Cultural Exchange Network -- Detroit CEN.

Our History

GLAC was originally founded in 1985 and is the oldest and largest Indo-American art organizations in Michigan. It was formally incorporated in 2006 as a non-profit art resource in SE Michigan by a group of people who truly appreciate, enjoy and want to promote one of the greatest cultural traditions which has been passed down over the generations.

Today, GLAC is a Registered Tax-Exempt 501©(3) Non-Profit Organization in the State of Michigan. GLAC is supported by the Michigan Council for Cultural Affairs, the Detroit Recreational Department, Arab American National Museum and The Carr Center of Detroit.

Past Seasons

GLAC In the news: GLAC was featured in Visit Detroit Magazine (available in newstands and at the Detroit Metro Airport).
Another fine example of how GLAC provides a golden platform for our musicians by taking Indian Music into the mainstream.
'Visit Detroit' Magazine, not only has local & national reach, caters to _thousands of travelers visiting the Detroit Metro Airport everyday!