Giri: the rituals are always associated with the concept of the deity. For example, the rituals and ceremonies followed in a shaivite temple are different from those followed in a vaishnavite temple. In this light, it was held in the Seshammal judgment: "The temples with which we are concerned are public religious institutions established in olden times. Some of them are Saivite temples and the others are Vaishnavite temples, which means, that in these temples God Shiva and Vishnu in their several manifestations are Worshipped. The image of Shiva is worshipped by his worshippers who are called Saivites and the image of Vishnu is worshipped by his worshippers who are known as Vaishnavites. The institution of temple worship has an ancient history and, according to Dr. Kane, temples of deities had existed even in the 4th or 5th century B.C."