Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani’s youngest son, Anant Ambani, is set to marry industrialist Viren Merchant’s daughter, Radhika Merchant, in Jamnagar, Gujarat, in July. Pre-wedding celebrations are commencing, with celebrities already arriving in the city to partake in the festivities. Among the notable attendees are Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, singer Rihanna, multi-instrumentalist Adam Blackstone, actor Shah Rukh Khan and family, Salman Khan, Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Rani Mukerji, Arjun Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Ayan Mukerji, Atlee, Aaditya Thackeray, Amruta Fadnavis, Orhan Awatramani, Ranbir Kapoor, Akash Ambani, MS Dhoni and Sakshi Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Krunal Pandya, Zaheer Khan with wife Sagarika, Suryakumar Yadav with wife Devisha, as well as other prominent figures from Bollywood, cricket, and politics.
Invitations have also been extended to global personalities such as Bill Gates, Indian billionaires Gautam Adani and Kumar Mangalam Birla, and dignitaries like Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Bhutan’s Queen Jetsun Pema, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, and Saudi Aramco chairperson Yasir Al Rumayyan for the pre-wedding celebrations scheduled from March 1 to 3.
Noteworthy figures like former Prime Minister of Sweden Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, World Economic Forum chairperson Klaus Schwab, former President of Bolivia Jorge Quiroga, and former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd are also expected to attend.
The pre-wedding celebrations commenced with a traditional ‘anna seva’ ceremony in Jogwad village near Reliance Township in Jamnagar. Mukesh Ambani, Anant Ambani, Radhika Merchant, and other family members served traditional Gujarati food to approximately 51,000 local residents. Radhika’s maternal grandmother and parents, Viren and Shaila Merchant, also participated in the event.