Sri Lanka bars Buddha tattoo Briton for 'disrespect'
Lanka has denied entry to a British tourist at Colombo's international airport because he showed a lack of respect for Buddhism, reports say.
An immigration official told a local newspaper that when the man was asked about a tattoo of Buddha on his arm he had spoken "very disrespectfully".
Such views would have been a "threat to his own safety" in Sri Lanka, he added.
The authorities are tough on perceived insults to Buddhism - the religion of the island's majority ethnic Sinhalese.
Last year, three French tourists were given suspended prison sentences for taking photographs that showed them pretending to kiss a statue of Buddha at a temple.
In 2010, the American R&B star Akon was refused a visa after protests over one of his music videos, which featured scantily-clad women dancing in front of a statue of Buddha.
An official at Bandaranaike International Airport told AFP news agency that the report of Friday's incident involving the British tourist was correct.
More than 100,000 British citizens visited Sri Lanka in 2012, accounting for 10% of the total number of tourists. The UK is also the country's second-largest trading partner after India.
An immigration official told a local newspaper that when the man was asked about a tattoo of Buddha on his arm he had spoken "very disrespectfully".Such views would have been a "threat to his own safety" in Sri Lanka, he added.BRITISH NATIONAL DENIED ENTRY TO SL OVER OFFENSIVE TATTOO
March 17, 2013
Sri Lanka has denied entry to a British tourist at Colombo’s international airport because he showed a lack of respect for Buddhism, reports say.
An immigration official told a local newspaper that when the man was asked about a tattoo of Buddha on his arm he had spoken “very disrespectfully”.
Such views would have been a “threat to his own safety” in Sri Lanka, he added.
The authorities are tough on perceived insults to Buddhism - the religion of the island’s majority ethnic Sinhalese.
Last year, three French tourists were given suspended prison sentences for taking photographs that showed them pretending to kiss a statue of Buddha at a temple.
In 2010, the American R&B star Akon was refused a visa after protests over one of his music videos, which featured scantily-clad women dancing in front of a statue of Buddha.
An official at Bandaranaike International Airport told AFP news agency that the report of Friday’s incident involving the British tourist was correct.
More than 100,000 British citizens visited Sri Lanka in 2012, accounting for 10% of the total number of tourists. The UK is also the country’s second-largest trading partner after India. (BBC)
புத்த பகவானின் உருவம் பச்சை குத்தியிருந்தமையால் விமானநிலையத்தில் திருப்பியனுப்பப்பட்ட சுற்றுலா பயணி!
[ சனிக்கிழமை, 16 மார்ச் 2013, 11:20.49 AM GMT ]
இங்கிலாந்தைச் சேர்ந்த 43 வயதான பிரான்சிஸ் என்ற நபரே இவ்வாறு திருப்பியனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளார்.
குறித்த நபர் நேற்று நண்பகல் 1.12 மணியளவில் ஸ்ரீலங்கன் எயார்லைன்ஸ் UL 504 என்ற விமானத்தில் இலங்கை வந்துள்ளார்.
இவரது இருகைகளிலும் புத்த பகவானுடைய உருவம் பச்சை குத்தப்பட்டிருந்ததையடுத்து அதிகாரிகள் அவரை அழைத்து விசாரணை மேற்கொண்டுள்ளனர்.
இதன்போது பச்சை குத்துவது தனது தனி நபர் உரிமை என அவர் அதிகாரிகளுக்கு தெரிவித்துள்ளார்.
எனினும் இதை ஏற்றுக்கொள்ள மறுத்த அதிகாரிகள் இலங்கையில் இத்தகைய விடயங்களை அனுமதிக்க முடியாதெனக் கூறி அவர் வருகை தந்த விமானத்திலேயே லண்டனுக்கு திருப்பியனுப்பியுள்ளனர்.
| Buddhist Monk committed suicide |
| [ Saturday, 16 March 2013, 05:04.12 PM GMT +05:30 ] |
 DIG of Sigiriya police station announced Buddhist clergy, Hingurakgoda Saththananda thero (53) hanged himself in a room at Kandalama Pimbaramaya Viharaya in Dambulla area on Friday. |
 His body currently kept at the Denzil Kobbekaduwa base hospital.Police officials suspicious over this death and informed Mattale police. A special police team from Matale conducting further investigations this regard. |
