Sangh Parivar
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The Sangh Parivar (Hindi: संघ परिवार, translation: Family of Associations) refers to the family of Hindu organisations built around the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Sangh Parivar organisations tend to promote Hindu nationalism and Integral humanism. Some members of the Sangh Parivar also accept the Swadeshi ("self-reliance") philosophy.
Members
The Sangh Parivar consists of:
- Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, National Volunteer Association
- Swadeshi Jagaran Manch, Nativist Awakening Front
- Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, All India Students' Forum
- Saraswati Shishu Mandir, Nursery
- Vidya Bharati, Educational Institutes
- Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, For Vanavaasi brethren
- Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, Labour Movement
- Rashtriya Sevika Samiti, National Volunteer Association for Women
- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian Peoples' Party
- Vishwa Hindu Parishad, World Hindu Forum
- Bajrang Dal, Army of Hanuman
- Bharatiya Kisan Sangh, Indian Farmer's Association
Social service
Sangh's work is not restricted to its outward institutional form only, but is multi-dimensional, extending beyond the boundaries of 'sanghasthan'. The aim is to activise the dormant Hindu society, to make it come out of its self-oblivion and realise its past mistakes, to instil in it a firm determination to set them right, and finally to make it bestir itself to reassert its honour and self-respect so that no power on earth dares challenge it in the days to come. The Sangh Parivar is involved in more than 60,000 sewa (service) projects through out India [1]. The Sangh Parivar propagates Indian nationalism and Hindu culture. They are also involved in a lot of social service in rural India. The Sangh Parivar cadres are usually the first ones to respond to natural calamities in the rural areas.
