Knut A. Jacobsen is Professor in the Department of the History of Religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. His fields of expertise include Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism in India, and religious pluralism in South Asia and in the South Asian diaporas.
"""Jacobsen’s book is a worthy and useful complement to past studies of pilgrimage in India."" - Carl Olson Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, International Journal of Hindu Studies"