The VSNA is a non-profit, tax-exempt, religious organization in the USA. It was founded in 1978. The VSNA's mission is to preserve and foster Veerashaivism (Lingayatism) in the North America; and to impart the Lingayata spiritual heritage, its universalistic, democratic values to the posterity through the teachings of Basavanna and his contemporaries.

The VSNA's mission is
To preserve and foster Veerashaivism (Lingayatism) in the North America
To impart the Lingayata spiritual heritage, its universalistic, democratic values to the posterity through the teachings of Basavanna and his contemporaries.