Anant Ambani, Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son, is getting married.
Anant and his future wife, Radhika Merchant, will begin their pre-wedding festivities in India this week.
Here’s what we know so far about the lavish three-day party.
Anant Ambani is getting married and his father, Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is sparing no expense to celebrate the nuptials.
As chairman of Fortune 500 company Reliance Industries, Ambani’s father has an estimated net worth of $111 billion, according to Bloomberg Billionaires Index. That makes him the richest person in Asia and the 11th richest person in the world.
The youngest Ambani is place will marry Radhika Merchant, the daughter of Encore Healthcare CEO Viren Merchant, in July. The couple’s three-day pre-wedding party will begin on Friday in Gujarat, India.
Here’s everything we know about the festivities so far.
The couple kicked off the celebrations by hosting a community dinner for 51,000 people.
Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, serve traditional Gujarati food to villagers before their pre-wedding celebrations on the outskirts of Jamnagar, Gujarat, India, on 28 February 2024. . Reuters/Stringer
On Wednesday, Ambani and his future wife hosted a community dinner for 51,000 local residents in Gujarat, according to The Hindu.
The incident took place in the village of Jogwad, near the Municipality of dependency in Jamnagar, The Hindu reported.
According to the outlet, serving food to the community during auspicious family occasions has long been a tradition of the Ambanis.
Rihanna is expected to perform at the pre-wedding party.
Reuters reported that the “Umbrella” singer would provide entertainment for the event.
TO video of his arrival in Jamnagar with A$AP Rocky has surfaced online. In the clip, she can be seen leaving a building and getting into a cart.
A fan also uploaded an Instagram. video of several wooden boxes being transported outside an airport arrivals hall, with the legend “Rihanna’s luggage has arrived in India.”
“What does he bring with him? A folding house?” a comment under the post said, to which Rihanna herself responded, “the stage didn’t fit in my carry-on.”
The Ambanis have had megastars perform at weddings before.
In 2018, Beyonce He performed at the pre-wedding ceremony of Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal. Isha is the only daughter of Mukesh Ambani and the elder sister of Anant.
In 2019, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin and The Chainsmokers entertaining guests attending Akash Ambani, Anant’s elder brother, and Shloka Mehta’s pre-wedding party in Switzerland. The couple also featured Adam Levine. serenade them at their after-wedding party.
About 1,200 guests were invited to the celebrations.
According to an itinerary of the event obtained by The timesthere will be a cocktail on the first day.
On the second day, guests will be taken to the Reliance animal rescue center for “a walk on the wild side,” according to The Times. The animal rescue center belongs to the groom. pet project.
In the evening, guests will attend a “rouge mela,” according to The Times. “Mela” You may refer to a fair or a festival.
The final day includes a “tusk trails” event where visitors can spend the afternoon “surrounded by nature’s wonders,” including more than 200 elephants, 300 big cats and 120 reptiles that were previously at risk of being sold or poached, according to The Times.
Guests received a nine-page document detailing the dress code for the various events.
The Ambanis in traditional Indian clothing at Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s engagement ceremony in 2023. SUJIT JAISWAL/AFP via Getty Images
In addition to the nine-page dress code, hairstylists and makeup artists will also be available for guests, The Times reported.
The dress code includes wearing a “jungle fever” theme and “comfortable shoes” for the visit to the animal rescue center on the second day, and “dazzling” Indian outfits for the mela, according to The Times.
The Ambani family built 14 new temples in Jamnagar before the wedding.
The Ambani family built 14 new temples in Jamnagar, Gujarat, before the wedding. Prodip Guha/Getty Images
At the end of March, the Reliance Foundation shared a video on their official YouTube channel showing the progress of the construction of the temples.
In the video, the founder and president of the Reliance Foundation, Nita Ambani, wife of the elder Ambani and mother of his three children, can be seen speaking to several worshipers as well as the artists involved in the design of the temples.
