Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani’s son Anant Ambani and Encore Healthcare chief executive officer Viren Merchant’s daughter Radhika Merchant are all set to tie the knot.
Notable figures from all walks of life, who have been invited, include business tycoons, singers, actors, and sportspersons are expected to attend the pre-wedding festivities. The guest list boats of India’s top billionaires, including Gautam Adani and Sunil Bharti Mittal, mega stars from the film industry such as Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan, and cricket icons from Sachin Tendulkar to MS Dhoni.
The list also includes Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer, Meta, who have landed in Jamnagar to attend the wedding.
The other attendees are international pop singer Rihanna, Adam Blackstone, multi-instrumentalist and song writer, and J Brown, singer and song writer, among others.
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Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant got engaged in a Gol Dhana ceremony in Mumbai on January 19, 2023. Gol Dhana literally means coriander seeds and jaggery, which is distributed to guests at the ceremony.
The pre-wedding festivity kicked off with Anna Seva, which will benefit 51,000 local residents and will continue for the next few days in villages in and around Jamnagar. Today, the family members, including Mukesh Ambani, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, Viren Merchant, Shaila Merchant, and Radhika’s grandmother kickstarted the Anna Seva practice in Jogvad, near Jamnagar.
They personally served traditional Gujarati dinner items to the community from nearby villages and sought their blessings.