Mukesh Kumar is a postdoctoral fellow (2021-​23) at ETH Zürich. Previously, he was an Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellow (2019-​21) at the South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University. He has published several research articles in journals, such as Oxford Journal of Law and Religion, Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (Cambridge University Press), Contemporary South Asia (Routledge), History and Anthropology (Routledge), and Economic and Political Weekly.

• List of Figures, Maps, and Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; A Note on Transliteration; 1. The Spectre of Binaries; 2. Laldas and Religious Duality of Pīr and Sant; 3. The Laldas Shrines and Inter-religious Disputes; 4. A Fait Accompli: The Complete Hinduisation of the Laldas Order; 5. Religious Reform and Shared Shrines; 6. Concealment and Secrecy: Hidden in Plain Sight; 7. Poetic Response to Religious Puritanism; 8. An Ephemeral Line in the Sand; Appendices; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.