A 37-year-old British woman was detained in the island nation after a taxi driver noticed her Buddha tattoo, which is viewed as a religious affront to the country's dominant religion.

I n 2011, Thailand's Culture Ministry said foreign tourists in Sri Lanka should be barred from getting tattoos of Buddha during their holidays because the practice was culturally insensitive.

A British woman has been arrested and is facing deportation in Sri Lanka over a Buddha tattoo on her arm. Naomi Michelle Coleman, 37, was taken into custody at the airport in Colombo, after she ...

It features a Buddha sitting on a lotus flower. The British High Commission in Colombo said, "We are aware of the case and are providing appropriate consular assistance." ...

Tourists get a tattoo or wear a T shirt with a print of Buddha, as a mark of respect, whereas it's offensive in Sri Lanka. Reply Saman Monday, 21 April 2014 02:27 PM ...

In 2013, another British tourist with a tattoo of the Buddha, Antony Ratcliffe, was also denied entry at Colombo's airport. A year earlier, three French tourists were given suspended prison ...

The 37-year-old had been planning a holiday on the majority Buddhist island when she was detained over the tattoo on her upper right arm which Sri Lankan authorities found offensive.

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Buddha got her booted. Sri Lankan officials are deporting a British woman after she arrived in the country with an image of Buddha tattooed on her arm. Naomi Coleman, 37, was cuffed and thrown into… ...

A British female tourist who had the image of the Buddha tattooed in her hand was arrested by the Katunayaka Airport Police and produced before Negombo Additional Magistrate T.M.T. Bandara today ..