There are some Hindu families in the Kolába District who believe that their kul or totem consists of the tortoise and the goat, and they do not eat the flesh of such animals. A certain community of the Vaishyas or traders known as Swár believe that a jack tree or Phanas is their kul, and they do not use the leaves of that tree. [766] It is believed among the Hindus that the deity Satwái protects children for the first three months from their birth. The deity is worshipped on the fifth day from the birth of a child, and if there occurs any omission or error in the worship of that deity, the child begins to cry, or does not keep good health. On such occasions the parents of the child make certain vows to the deity, and if the child recovers, the parents go to a jungle, and collect seven small stones. They then besmear the stones with red lead and oil, and worship them along with a she-goat in the manner in which the vow was promised to be fulfilled. [767] The horse is connected with the worship of the god Khandoba because this animal is sacred to that deity, being his favourite vehicle. For this reason all the devotees or Bhaktas of Khandoba take care to worship the horse in order that its master, the god Khandoba, may be pleased with them. It is well known that the cow is considered as most sacred of all the animals by the Hindus, and the reason assigned for this special veneration is that all the deities dwell in the cow. The Nandi, or a bullock made of stone, consecrated in front of the temple of Shiva, the Vágh or a tiger at the temple of a goddess and cows and dogs in the temple of Dattátraya are worshipped by the Hindus. The mouse, being the vehicle of Ganpati the god of wisdom, is worshipped by the people along with that god. In the Konkan cattle are worshipped by the Hindus on the first day of Kártika, and they are made to pass over fire. The mountains having caves and temples of deities are generally worshipped by the Hindus. The Abucha Pahád, the Girnár, the Panchmadhi, the Brahmagiri, the Sahyádri, the Tungár, the Jivadancha dongar, the Munja dongar at Junnar, the Tugábáicha dongar, the Ganesh Lene, and the Shivabai are the principal holy mountains in the Bombay Presidency. Mount Abu, known as the Abucha Pahád, is believed to be very sacred, and many Hindus go on a pilgrimage to that mountain. Hills are worshipped at Ganpati Pule and Chaul. At Pule there is a temple of the god Ganpati, the son of Shiva, and at Chaul in the Kolába District there is a temple of the god Dattátraya. The place which produces sound when water is poured over it is considered to be holy, and is worshipped by the people.