Organizations
From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
There are a large number of organizations that range from temple organizations to social organizations.
Spiritual Organizations[edit]
| Name | Denominational Affiliation | Presence | Founder | Current Leader | Goal | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhil Bharatiya Satnami Kalyan Samiti | Vaishnava (Satnami) | India (Chhattisgarh) | ||||
| Akhil Bharatiya Satnami Samaj | Vaishnava (Satnami) | |||||
| Akhil Bharatiya Satnami Sadh Samaj Sansth | Vaishnava (Satnami) | |||||
| Akonir Namghar | Vaishnava | India (Assam) | Arati Das | |||
| Amrit Yoga Institute[1] | [Non-denominational] | U.S. (Florida) | Swami Kripalu | |||
| Ananda Marga[2] | Shaiva | International | Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar | Provide spiritual upliftment through Raja Yoga and bhakti. | ||
| Arya Samaj | Nirguna Bhakti | International | Swami Dayananda | Provide spiritual upliftment reliance on Vedas and nirguna bhakti alone. | ||
| Art of Living Foundation | [Non-denominational] | International | Sri Sri Ravi Shankar | |||
| Advaithashramam Satsangam[3] | Vaishnava | India (Kerala) | Swami Chidananda Puri | This ashram also has its own magazine. It is based on Advaita. | ||
| Aurobindo Mission[4] | [Non-denominational] | India | Sri Aurobindo | |||
| Brahma Kumari[5] | Shaiva | International | Prajapita Brahma (Lekhraj Kripalani) | |||
| Brahmo Samaj | Nirguna Bhakti | International | Raja Ram Mohan Roy | |||
| Center for Vedic Culture | [Non-denominational] | |||||
| Chinmaya Mission[6] | Vaishnava | International | Swami Chinmayananda Saraswati | Swami Swaroopananda | ||
| Dayananda Mission | Nirguna Bhakti | International | ||||
| Devashram Trust | [Non-denominational] | |||||
| Divine Life Society | [Non-denominational] | International | Swami Sivananda | |||
| Divine Light Mission (Sanskrit: Divya Sandesh Parishad)[7] | Vaishnava | International | Hans Ji Maharaj | Prem Pal Singh Rawat | ||
| Gaudiya Math | Vaishnava | International | Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati | |||
| Gaudiya Mission | Vaishnava | International | Ananta Vasudev Prabhu | Bhakti Sundar Sanyasi Maharaj | ||
| ISKCON | Vaishnava | International | Srila Prabhupada | |||
| Kalki Avatar Foundation[8] | Vaishnava | International | Younus Al-Gohar | |||
| Kartabhaja Sampraday | Vaishnava | India (West Bengal) | Aulechand | |||
| Love Serve Remember Foundation | Vaishnava | U.S. | Swami Ramdass[9] | |||
| Matua Mahasangh | Vaishnava (Matua) | India (West Bengal), Bangladesh | Harichand Thakur | |||
| Nath Panth | Shaiva | International | Matsyendranath | |||
| Nilachala Saraswata Sangha | Shakta | India (Orissa) | Swami Nigamananda Paramahans | |||
| Paramhans Advait Mat[10] | Advaita | International | Swami Advaitanand Ji Maharaj | |||
| Panmana Asramam[11] | Shaiva | India (Kerala) | Kumbalathu Sanku Pillai | This ashram promotes the teachings of Paramabhattara Sree Vidyadhiraja Chattambi Swamigal. | ||
| Prarthana Samaj | [Non-denominational] | India | Mahadev Govind Ranade | |||
| Radhasoami Satsang Sabha | Vaishnava | International | Radhasaomi | |||
| Ramakrishna Mission | Vaishnava | International | Vivekanand | Swami Smaranananda | ||
| Ramakrishna Order | Vaishnava | Ramakrishna | ||||
| Ramana Maharishi Satsangh[12] | [Non-denominational] | International | ||||
| Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam | Ayyappan | India (Kerala) | ||||
| Sadhu Vaswani Mission[13] | [Non-denominational] | International | Sadhu T.L. Vaswani | |||
| Sanatan Raksha Trust | [Non-denominational] | |||||
| Sanatan Trust | [Non-denominational] | |||||
| Sant Shri Narayan Sai Lokseva Trust | Vaishnava | |||||
| Satguru Kabir Gurusaheb Foundation | Vaishnava | India | ||||
| Science of Spirituality | [Non-denominational] | International | Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj | |||
| Shankaracharya Mat | Shaiva | International | Shankaracharya | |||
| Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust | Shaiva | |||||
| Sree Dharma Paripalana Yogam | Shaiva | International | Sree Narayana Guru | |||
| Sree Ram Dasa Mission[14] | Shaiva | International | Sree Narayana Guru | |||
| Shrimad Rajchandra Mission[15] | [Non-denominational] | International | Pujya Gurudevshri | Pujya Gurudevshri | ||
| Sanatan Raksha Trust | [Non-denominational] | |||||
| Sathya Sai Organization[16] | [Non-denominational] | International | Sathya Sai Baba | |||
| School of Bhagavad Gita[17] | Vaishnava | India | Swami Sandeepananda Giri | Swami Sandeepananda Giri | Preaches the Bhagavad Gita. | |
| Self-Realization Fellowship[18] | Vaishnava | International | Paramahansa Yogananda | Brother Chidananda | ||
| Shanti Ashram[19] | [Non-denominational] | India (Assam) | Swami Nigamananda | |||
| Shripuram[20] | India | It created both printed and digital publications, mainly devotional material. | ||||
| Siddha Yoga Dham Associates | Shaiva | International | Shree Muktananda | Gurumayi Chidvilasananda | ||
| Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam[21] | Shaiva | India | Sree Narayana Guru | |||
| Sree Narayana Dharma Sangham[22] | Shaiva | India | ||||
| Sree Narayana Gurudharma Trust[23] | Shaiva | India | ||||
| Sree Narayana Vidya Bhavan[24] | Shaiva | India | ||||
| Sree Narayana Viswa Dharma Madom[25] | [Non-denominational] | India | ||||
| Sri Rama Chandra Mission[26] | [Non-denominational] | India | Shri Ram Chandraji | |||
| Sri Tridandi Dev Vedic Sansthanam | [Non-denominational] | |||||
| Swadhyaya Parivar | [Non-denominational] | International | Dadaji (Pandurang Shastri Athavale) | |||
| Swaminarayan Sampradaya[27] | Vaishnava | International | Swami Sahajanand | Acharya Maharaj shree Koshalendraprasadji (Ahmedabad), Acharya Maharaj shree Ajendraprasadji (Vadtal) | ||
| Transcendental Meditation[28] | [Non-denominational] | International | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | |||
| Uttar Vrindava Mitola | Vaishnava | India (Uttarakhand) | Sri Yashoda Ma | |||
| Vishwa Jagriti Mission[29] | [Non-denominational] | Sudhanshu Ji Maharaj | ||||
| Vitragvani[30] | Jain | India (Maharashtra) | Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami | Pujya Gurudevshree Kanjiswami | ||
| Vivekanand Kendra | [Non-denominational] | India | Eknath Ranade |
Social Activist Organizations[edit]
| Name | Denominational Affiliation | Presence | Founder | Current Leader | Goal | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhinav Bharat[31] | ||||||
| Abhinav Bharat Sevashram Sangha[32] | ||||||
| Agniveer[33] | ||||||
| Akhand Bharat Parishad[34] | ||||||
| Akhand Bharat Vishwa Hindu Sangh | ||||||
| Akhil Bhartiya Karyakari Mandal (ABKM) | ||||||
| Akhil Bharat Hindu Yuva Morcha | ||||||
| American Hindus Against Defamation (AHAD)[35] | ||||||
| Alinan Ramakrishna Vivekananda Yuva Sangha | ||||||
| Bajrang Dal[36] | ||||||
| Bharatiya Hindu Parivar[37] | Tamilnad | |||||
| Bharatiya Hindu Party | ||||||
| Bharat Vikas Parishad (BVP) | ||||||
| Disha Bharat[38] | Karnataka | |||||
| Haindava Keralam[39] | Kerala | |||||
| Hanumant Sena[40][41] | ||||||
| Hindu Aikya Vedi[42] | Kerala | |||||
| Hindu Abhiyan Sadhana[43] | Kerala | |||||
| Hindu Defence League[44] | ||||||
| Hindu Jagaran Sabha | ||||||
| Hindu Jagaran Sangha | ||||||
| Hindu Jagran Manch | ||||||
| Hindu Jagran Sabha | ||||||
| Hindu Janajagruti Samiti[45] | ||||||
| Hindu Jan Brigade | ||||||
| Hindu Jan Sewa Samiti | ||||||
| Hindu Munnani[46] | Tamilnad | |||||
| Hindu Seva Sangh | Delhi | |||||
| Hindu Praja Shakti Kendra[47] | ||||||
| Hindu Rashtra Raksha Sena | Bihar | |||||
| Hindu Rashtra Shakti | Uttar Pradesh | |||||
| Hindu Sena | ||||||
| Hindu Seva Kendram[48] | Kerala | |||||
| Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh[49] | Australia, Canada, U.K., U.S. | |||||
| Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh[50] | Australia, Canada, U.K., U.S. | |||||
| Narsingh Hindu Sena | Nepal | |||||
| People for Dharma[51] | ||||||
| Hindu Yuva[52] | U.S. | |||||
| Hindu Yuva Sanga | Nagaland | |||||
| Hindu Yuva Sangh | Guyana | |||||
| Hindu Yuva Sangha | West Bengal | |||||
| Hindu Yuva Vahini[53][54] | ||||||
| Rashtriya Hindu Sanghathan[55] | ||||||
| Rashtriya Hindu Sena[56] | Karnataka | |||||
| Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh[57][58] | India | |||||
| Rudra Shakti Sena Rashtriya Kartakari | India | |||||
| Samarth Bharat Kendra | ||||||
| Sanatan Sanstha[59] | ||||||
| Shiva Shakthi[60] | Telangana | |||||
| Srijan Foundation[61] | ||||||
| Swatantryaveer Savarkar Rashtriya Smarak[62] | ||||||
| Virat Hindustan Sangam[63] | ||||||
| Virat Hindu Shakti | ||||||
| Vishwa Hindu Parishad[64][65] | India, U.S. | |||||
| Vishwa Hindu Seva Dal | ||||||
| Vishwa Samvad Kendra[66] | ||||||
| World Hindu Congress[67] |
Charitable Organizations[edit]
| Name | Denominational Affiliation | Presence | Founder | Current Leader | Goal | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adinath Jain Trust | ||||||
| Arulmeku Arunagiri Eswarar Hindu Samaya Trust | ||||||
| Ayya Vaikundar Samathwa Samajam[68] | Socio-economic upliftment of Samathwa community by organizing micro level family groups and has been successfully leading in social works, with multifarious activities. | |||||
| Diya Prem Seva Mission | ||||||
| Ekal Abhiyan Vidhyalaya | ||||||
| Forum for Hindu Awakening (FHA)[69] | ||||||
| Hindu Dharmpodesh Charitable Trust | ||||||
| Jagat Hindu Trust | ||||||
| Prajna Pravah | ||||||
| Sabarimala Ayyappa Seva Samajam | ||||||
| Seva Bharati | ||||||
| Vidya Bharati (Bharatiya Siksha Sansthan) | ||||||
| Vishwa Hindu Ekta Trust |
Student Organizations[edit]
| Name | Denominational Affiliation | Presence | Founder | Current Leader | Goal | Significance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad[70] | ||||||
| Bharatiya Shiksha Sansthan[71] | ||||||
| Hindu Students Council |
Educational Institutes[edit]
- Arsha Vidya Gurukulam
- Himalayan Institute