Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh
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Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (हिंदू स्वयमसेवक संघ; Organisation of Hindu Volunteers) is a socio-religious public organization, part of the Sangh Parivar, that engages in community activities, social services and religious work amongst the adherents of Hinduism across the world outside India.
Although ideologically connected to the right wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, HSS and RSS have an independent legal, administrative and financial structure, as the RSS restricts its activities to India. RSS leaders are often invited by HSS for promotional and speaking tours, and the HSS borrows heavily from the RSS methodology, including Shakha concept, as well as its controlling ideology of Hindutva.
The HSS' website states that its main mission is to bring scattered, immigrant Hindu communities together, in celebration of Indian culture, and Hindu religious values and principles. They also aim to advocate against the 'defamation and mistreatment' of 'the Hindu people'.
The HSS is the largest in North America and United Kingdom, and is also spread out in the Europe, Caribbean, East and Southern Africa and South East Asia. There are approximately 75 shakhas (or branches) across the UK and 100 in US, with an average weekly attendance of 2000. Unlike shakhas in India, where they are held daily, shakha in the UK & US are held weekly.[citation needed]
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- Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh USA - www.hssus.org
- Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK - www.hss-uk.org
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