Kunal Khemu's controversial 'shiva' tattoo gets him flak from fans

New Delhi: Kunal Khemu is the latest celeb to join Saif Ali Khan, Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and many others, who got themselves funky body tattoos. The actor recently shared snaps of his 'Shiva' tattoo through his social-media account but soon after he started receiving negative tweets and hurtful comments which led him to delete his pics. Some of the tweeters expressed their angst over Kunal's decision to get the 'Shiva' inked on his right leg. In his defense, Kunal said that he decided to get the tattoo as his way to express his devotion and not to "disrespect god"."For some of you who have taken offence to my tattoo, I endured 7 hours of pain to make it a part of my body. Only after a lot of thought and artistic and personal consideration, I chose to do it where I have," Kunal tweeted."I would never disrespect the god that I love so much so as to make him a part of me for the rest of my life. My heart and conscience are clean," he added.Also read: Deepika, Priyanka, Saif: Celebs with funky body tattoos (see pics)Putting all the negative wrath to rest, the actor later tweeted saying "The only reason I'm even writing this is because I won't let anyone take that away from me by saying hurtful things and misconstruing my silence".Kunal seems to be in no mood to let these negative replies and hurtful comments destroy his moment of peace and devotion. Check out other celebs from Bollywood who made headlines with their body art...Take a look....Saif Ali Khan- Who can forget Saif Ali Khan's tattoo inspired from David Beckham that declared his love for Kareena. Scripted in Devanagiri, it read Kareena. It paved a path and trend among many to get their loved ones' name inked on their arm, guess David Beckham started it allDeepika Padukone- Deepika too followed Saif's footsteps and inked her ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor's name on the nape of her neck. For those who do not know, Deepika Padukone had got Ranbir Kapoor's initials inked on the nape of her neck when they were in a relationship, but now since she has fallen out with RK and is rumored to be in a relationship with Ranveer Singh, she can modify and change it to RS, isn't it?She went ahead and got a vine kind of motif inked on her leg, the initials say DP which means Deepika Padukone.Priyanka Chopra- She has got a very touching tattoo on her wrist that says "Daddy's lil girl'' dedicated to her father.Hrithik Roshan- The Bollywood hunk, Hrithik Roshan got his wife Sussanne's name inked on his wrist. And later the couple also got themselves identical star tattoos on their wrist too signifying their birth of their two sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan.But soon after their separation, Sussanne got herself a new tattoo that comprises a set of words 'follow your sunshine' inked just above her star' tattoo that she shared with her husband.