Ronaldo incurs Buddhists’ wrath

Cristiano Ronaldo incurred the wrath of Buddhists on social media after the Real Madrid star posed in an Instagram photo with his foot resting at the base of a Buddha statue.

In the photo, also posted on his Facebook feed, the player’s famous right foot is placed on top of the surrounding small wall of the statue, which is in the form of the head of the father of Buddhism.

One Facebook post by Waz Tniym Gnian Hkt said: “Cristiano Ronaldo I am your fan. But you should respect our Buddha. However, you’re Christian or Islam or Hindu. You have a lot of fan from these religion.You’re famous football player.I apologize you. Please don’t do like that. This photo hit our (Buddhisms) heart. Only religions can understand me.”

“This is disrespectful …. How can he put his leg on Gautam Buddha …. I was not expecting this stupidity from Ronaldo …. Sir today u lost one of ur fan this is very bad,” wrote another follower, Shubham Pandey, via Facebook.