Like other Tulu castes, the Mogers worship bhuthas (devils). The principal bhutha of the fishing community is Bobbariya, in whose honour the kola festival is held periodically. Every settlement, or group of settlements, has a Bobbariya bhuthasthana (devil shrine). The Matti Brahmans, who, according to local tradition, are Mogers raised to the rank of Brahmans by one Vathiraja Swami, a Sanyasi, also have a Bobbariya bhuthasthana in the village of Matti. The Mogers who have ceased to be fishermen, and dwell in land, worship the bhuthas Panjurli and Baikadthi. There is a caste priest, called Mangala pujari, whose head-quarters are at Bannekuduru near Barkur. Every family has to pay eight annas annually to the priest, to enable him to maintain the temple dedicated to Ammanoru or Mastiamma at Bannekuduru. According to some, Mastiamma is Mari, the goddess of small-pox, while others say that she is the same as Mohini, a female devil, who possesses men, and kills them. For every settlement, there must be at least two Gurikaras (headmen), and, in some settlements, there are as many as four. All the Gurikaras wear, as an emblem of their office, a gold bracelet on the left wrist. Some wear, in addition, a bracelet presented by the members of the caste for some signal service. The office of headman is hereditary, and follows the aliya santana law of succession (in the female line). The ordinary Tulu barber (Kelasi) does not shave the Mogers, who have their own caste barber, called Melantavam, who is entitled to receive a definite share of a catch of fish. The Konkani barbers (Mholla) do not object to shave Mogers, and, in some places where Mhollas are not available, the Billava barber is called in. Like other Tulu castes, the Mogers have exogamous septs, or balis, of which the following are examples:-- Ane, elephant. Bali, a fish. Deva, god. Dyava, tortoise. Honne, Pterocarpus Marsupium. Shetti, a fish. Tolana, wolf.