(1) Left hand: gold ring with large green stone on first finger; four plain gold rings on third finger; a ring, in which an anavarahan coin is set, on little finger. This is a very lucky ring. Spurious imitations are often set in rings, but it is the genuine coin which brings good luck. Right hand: two plain gold rings, and a pavitram on the third finger. The pavitram is of about the thickness of an ordinary English wedding ring, shaped like a figure of eight, with a dotted pattern at each side, and the rest plain. It is made of gold, but, as every Nambutiri must wear a pavitram while performing or undergoing certain ceremonies, those who do not possess one of gold wear one made of darbha grass. They do not say so, but I think the ring of darbha grass is orthodox. (2) Golden amulet-case fastened to a string round the waist, and containing a figure (yantram) written or marked on a silver plate. He had worn it three years, having put it on because he used to feel hot during the cool season, and attributed the circumstance to the influence of an evil spirit. (3) Youth, aged 12. Wears a yak skin sash, an inch wide, over the left shoulder, fastened at the ends by a thong of the same skin. He put it on when he was seven, and will wear it till he is fifteen, when he will have completed his course of Vedic study. A ring, hanging to a string in front of his throat, called modiram, was put on in the sixth month when he was named, and will be worn until he is fifteen. The ears are pierced. He wears two amulets at the back, one of gold, the other of silver. In each are some chakrams (Travancore silver coins), and a gold leaf, on which a charm is inscribed. One of the charms was prepared by a Mappilla, the other by a Nambutiri. (4) Black spot edged with yellow in the centre of the forehead. Three horizontal white stripes on the forehead. A dab on each arm, and a stripe across the chest. (5) Black spot near glabella, and two yellow horizontal stripes near it. The same on the chest, with the spot between the lines. (6) Red spot and white stripe on the forehead. A red dab over the sternum, and on each arm in front of the deltoid. (7) An oval, cream-coloured spot with red centre, an inch in greatest length, over the glabella. The stripes on the forehead and chest are generally made with sandal paste. Rudraksha (nuts of Eloeocarpus Ganitrus) necklaces, mounted in gold, are sometimes worn. The thread worn by men over the left shoulder is made of a triple string of country-grown cotton, and, unlike other Brahmans of Southern India, no change is made after marriage. It may be changed on any auspicious day. Brahmans of Southern India outside Malabar change their thread once a year.