
Aside from providing links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), they also have links with organisations such as the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Hindu Youth Network.

It claims to be "ideologically inspired by the RSS vision of a progressive and dynamic Hindu society that can deal with its internal and external challenges, and contribute to the welfare of the whole world". The HSS organisation in Australia, as elsewhere, says that its focus is on the country in which it is based and that it does not send money to India. In North America, the HSS gave the lead to the sister organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP, World Hindu Council), which was founded in Canada in 1970 and in the United States in 1971. HSS in the United Kingdom was established in 1966, and shakhas were established in cities like Birmingham and Bradford. During the Emergency RSS was banned in India and, consequently, sent its organisers abroad to seek support and carry out activism. RSS Pracharaks Bhaurao Deoras and others spent several years abroad to develop the organisation. Since such shakhas were not on 'national' ( rashtriya) soil, they were renamed as the branches of Bharatiya Swayamsevak Sangh, later Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS). Two volunteer members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (S wayamsevaks) that had settled in Kenya in the 1940s and started a shakha (branch). It was founded in 1940s in Kenya, it is currently active in 156 countries and estimates 3289 branches.

Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh ( Hindi: हिन्दू स्वयंसेवक संघ, lit.' Hindu's volunteer organization' abbr: HSS) is a non-profit, social, educational, and cultural organization of the Hindus living outside India.
