From BBC News: Naomi Coleman was arrested as she arrived at the airport in the capital Colombo after authorities spotted the tattoo on her right arm. A police spokesman said the 37-year-old from ...

Sri Lanka on Thursday deported a British tourist for having a tattoo of Buddha on her arm which a court said was an insult to the island’s main religion.Legally, there is no ban on a Buddha ...

Sri Lanka has also expressed sensitivity on the issue, with a B ritish tourist deported in 2014 for sporting a tattoo of Buddha on her arm. Naomi Michelle Coleman, 37, was arrested at Bandaranaike ...

“Monks in Bagan saw a Buddha tattoo on his right leg because he was wearing shorts. They informed us as it’s not appropriate,” a police officer in Bagan told AFP anonymously.

Briton denies Buddha tattoo was 'disrespectful' 17 March 2013 Mr Ratcliffe got the tattoo in Burma, and says it was not something he took lightly ...