Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
![A rare group photo of six initial swayamsevaks taken on the occasion of a RSS meeting held in 1939[33]](/uploads/202502/06/RSS_meeting_19394758.jpg)
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh abbreviated as RSS (Rāṣṭrīya Svayamsēvaka Saṅgha; IPA: [rɑːʂˈʈriːj(ə) swəjəmˈseːvək ˈsəŋɡʱ], lit. "National Volunteer Organisation" or "National Patriotic Organisation") is a right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary, volunteer organisation in India, that is widely regarded as the parent organisation of the ruling party of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party.