{"id":77788,"date":"2013-03-19T12:42:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T12:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=77788"},"modified":"2013-03-28T12:14:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T12:14:53","slug":"buddhas-blood-relative-tolerates-his-tattoo-but-his-officials-cant-tolerate-buddha-tattoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/buddhas-blood-relative-tolerates-his-tattoo-but-his-officials-cant-tolerate-buddha-tattoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha&#8217;s &#8216;Blood Relative&#8217; Tolerates His Tattoo But His Officials Can&#8217;t Tolerate Buddha Tattoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last June,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/president-mahinda-rajapaksa-meets-pope\/\">Pope\u00a0Benedict XVI<\/a>\u00a0met with Sri Lanka\u2019s president at the Vatican. After the meeting President <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=mahinda+rajapaksa&amp;x=10&amp;y=4\">Rajapaksa<\/a><\/span> also met \u2018Pachcha Sira\u2019 .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/buddhas-blood-relative-tolerates-his-tattoo-but-his-officials-cant-tolerate-buddha-tattoo\/rome_pachcha_sira_j-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77789\" title=\"Rome_Pachcha_Sira_J\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rome_Pachcha_Sira_J.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rome_Pachcha_Sira_J.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Rome_Pachcha_Sira_J-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Antony Ratcliffe, 42, from Nottingham, was turned back at Colombo\u2019s main airport on Friday for allegedly showing a lack of respect for Buddhism.\u00a0\u201cI like the artwork in tattoos obviously and, due to my belief in Buddhist philosophy which I have followed for many years, I thought a quality tattoo of the Buddha was rather apt.\u201d he told BBC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_77580\" style=\"width: 315px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/the-british-tourist-is-shocked-and-upset-after-being-deported-from-sri-lanka-for-displaying-a-buddha-tattoo\/buddha-incident\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77580\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-77580\" class=\"size-full wp-image-77580 \" title=\"buddha-incident\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/buddha-incident.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"305\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/buddha-incident.jpg 305w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/buddha-incident-203x300.jpg 203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 305px) 100vw, 305px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-77580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ratcliffe got the tattoo in Burma, and says it was not something he took lightly | Photo BBC<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as he saw it the chief officer went crazy. You could see it on his face, he looked really angry and said I would have to go back to London.They took my passport and held me there for an hour and a half. All the time they were bringing people in to look at my arm, and they were shaking their heads.\u00a0I was explaining my case, pleading basically, and the chief officer just told me to \u2018shut up, shut up\u2019 and he refused to talk to me.\u201d\u00a0Ratcliffe further said.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2011 delivering the welcome speech during the final of the \u2018Ranaviru Real Star reality show contest, where President Mahinda Rajapaksa was the Chief Guest, actor and filmmaker\u00a0Jackson Anthony\u00a0has said that the Rajapaksas from Giruva Pattuwa in the Hambantota District are descendents of the Shakya King Suddhodana from Dambadiva and is therefore a blood relation of the Lord Buddha. Therefore, President Mahinda Rajapaksa is also a great, great grand son of King Dutugemunu, who is also related to Lord Buddha.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LAHa4gdz15A<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Many religious\u00a0followers\u00a0have \u00a0tattoos\u00a0in their bodies;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/buddhas-blood-relative-tolerates-his-tattoo-but-his-officials-cant-tolerate-buddha-tattoo\/jesus-chirst-tattoos-cross-tatoos\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-77808\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-77808\" title=\"Jesus Chirst tattoos-cross Tatoos\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jesus-Chirst-tattoos-cross-Tatoos.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jesus-Chirst-tattoos-cross-Tatoos.jpg 400w, 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