Sri Lanka is set to deport a British tourist because of a tattoo of Buddha on her arm.
The Sri Lankan police said Naomi Coleman was arrested at Bandaranaike international airport in Colombo, after she arrived from India.
According to the Guardian, a police spokesman said the 37-year-old was arrested for ‘hurting others’ religious feelings’ after the tattoo of Buddha seated on a lotus flower was spotted on her right arm.
Buddhism is the religion of the country’s majority ethnic Sinhalese, and Buddhist tattoos are seen as culturally insensitive, the report said.
Coleman appeared before a magistrate who ordered her deportation.
(ANI)