The marriage ceremonial of the Mogers conforms to the customary Tulu type. A betrothal ceremony is gone through, and the sirdochi, or bride-price, varying from six to eight rupees, paid. The marriage rites last over two days. On the first day, the bride is seated on a plank or cot, and five women throw rice over her head, and retire. The bridegroom and his party come to the home of the bride, and are accommodated at her house, or elsewhere. On the following day, the contracting couple are seated together, and the bride's father, or the Gurikara, pours the dhare water over their united hands. It is customary to place a cocoanut on a heap of rice, with some betel leaves and areca nuts at the side thereof. The dhare water (milk and water) is poured thrice over the cocoanut. Then all those assembled throw rice over the heads of the bride and bridegroom, and make presents of money. Divorce can be easily effected, after information of the intention has been given to the Gurikara. In the Udipi taluk, a man who wishes to divorce his wife goes to a certain tree with two or three men, and makes three cuts in the trunk with a bill-hook. This is called barahakodu, and is apparently observed by other castes. The Mogers largely adopt girls in preference to boys, and they need not be of the same sept as the adopter. On the seventh day after the birth of a child a Madivali (washerwoman) ties a waist-thread on it, and gives it a name. This name is usually dropped after a time, and another name substituted for it. The dead are either buried or cremated. If the corpse is burnt, the ashes are thrown into a tank (pond) or river on the third or fifth day. The final death ceremonies (bojja or savu) are performed on the seventh, ninth, eleventh, or thirteenth day, with details similar to those of the Billavas. Like other Tulu castes, some Mogers perform a propitiatory ceremony on the fortieth day. The ordinary caste title of the Mogers is Marakaleru, and Gurikara that of members of the families to which the headmen belong. In the Kundapur taluk, the title Naicker is preferred to Marakaleru. The cephalic index of the Mogers is, as shown by the following table, slightly less than that of the Tulu Bants and Billavas:-- Av. Max. Min. No. of times index 80 or over. 50 Billavas 80.1 91.5 71. 28 40 Bants 78. 91.2 70.8 13 40 Mogers 77.1 84.9 71.8 9 Mogili (Pandanus fascicularis).--An exogamous sept of Kapu and Yerukala. Mogotho.--A sub-division of Gaudo, the members of which are considered inferior because they eat fowls. Mohiro (peacock).--An exogamous sept or gotra of Bhondari and Gaudo, Moksham (heaven).--An exogamous sept of Devanga. Moktessor or Mukhtesar.--See Stanika. Mola (hare).--An exogamous sept of Gangadikara Holeya and Gangadikara Vakkaliga. Molaya Devan.--A title of Kallan and Nokkan.