This is a book that deals with the contention of some Christian denominations in Kerala that ornaments should not be worn by people who profess to be real Christians. They claim that it is nominal Christians who wear ornaments and that true Christians will never wear them, as doing it is unscriptural and against the Jewish tradition. This contention is carefully examined in this book, analysing several passages in the Bible that deal with the use of ornaments. It is pointed out that the teaching about the prohibition of ornaments among some Christians in Kerala originated not as a result of an in - depth study of the Bible, but as a result of having misinterpreted under the influence of Hindu culture, certain passages in the Bible. The book convinces the readers that the practice of the abolition of ornaments as a sign of piety among Kerala Christians is in fact a Hindu custom practised by Hindu widows belonging to certain communities and that the leaders of the evangelical revival in Kerala in the first half of the 20th century, under the influence of Hindu culture exhorted their followers to adopt this custom as it helped them to minimize their financial difficulties. And in order to justify the adoption of this practice some of them knowingly or unknowingly misinterpreted several passages in the Bible and thus gave this practice a doctrinal status. This is why several pastors and elders in Kerala continue preaching today that God commanded the Jews to give up the habit of wearing ornaments and that Christians have the duty to follow this 'Jewish tradition'. Since this teaching involves the errors of shutting one's eyes to the facts of history and relevant verses in the Bible and adding to the Word of God and the impropriety of depriving the believers of the personal freedom given to then by God, the scriptural and historical truths regarding this custom are explained in this book.