Udhai Ri 's selfie , accompanied by the 'feeling sad ' emoji , clearly shows his uncle 's corpse in the background . A man has caused a storm on social media after posting a selfie of himself with his uncle 's corpse during a funeral . Udhai Ri , 34 , from Jaffna Town in Sri Lanka , stunned friends and family when he snapped himself standing in front of his dead uncle lying on a funeral bed . The photo was then posted onto his Facebook and Twitter accounts . Accompanying it , using the Tamil translation for uncle , were the words : 'My peiriya appa passed away . ' This was followed by a 'sad face ' emoji and the words 'feeling sad ' . But he was soon turned on by shocked online users . Facebook user Dinesh Devi posted : 'Oh , man ! Really ? This is disgusting . Show some respect . ' Som Gamage wrote : 'What is this ? A Deady ? Could you sink any lower ? ' Nalin Kodikara added : ' I 've never seen anything as disgustingly poor taste as this . ' Mr Ri soon took the photo down but not before it had begun doing the rounds on social media . A friend of Mr Ri 's said : 'He was very upset and wanted to express that and share his grief and final moments with his uncle with his friends . 'Being upset he was n't thinking clearly though , as this was obviously a bad idea , to say the least . 'He apologises for any offence he has caused . ' Although there 's no doubt the selfie has become a bona fide cultural phenomenon , popularized perhaps most famously by Kim Kardashian , there remain some limits to its acceptability . Among the people to have gained notoriety are a man who took a photo of himself in front of his dead grandmother 's casket , those smiling cheerily at the scene of the Sydney siege in December and people taking pictures of themselves before sometimes fatal accidents . A friend of Udhai Ri ( pictured ) said he was very upset and simply wanted to express his grief . Udhai Ri ( pictured left and right ) has been criticised for posting the selfie in which his uncle was visible .
Sri Lankan man caused social media controversy after posting selfie at funeral . Udhai Ri , 34 , posted the photo of his wife 's funeral on Facebook . It was accompanied by a sad face icon and the the words ' feeling sad ' However , online users labelled it ' disgusting ' and extremely ' poor . '