After a grand star-studded wedding, Anant Ambani’s bride Radhika Merchant participated in an emotional vidai ceremony during which even her father-in-law and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani teared up.
Videos posted on social media showed an emotional Radhika Merchant walking alongside Anant Ambani. The video also showed family members standing with plates of raw rice that the bride is supposed to shower on her family before leaving for her marital home.
The couple’s wedding on Friday culminated months of pre-wedding events in India and abroad. The attendees included Bollywood icons Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Ranbir Kapoor; cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Suryakumar Yadav.
Former British prime ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson and Saudi Aramco CEO Amin H Nasser were also on the guest list.
Politicians who attended the wedding included Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, his wife Dimple and Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray. Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais also attended the reception.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his deputy Pawan Kalyan, too, were in attendance. NCP (SP) supremo Sharad Pawar and Congress leader Kamal Nath were also among the attendees at the event.
The groom, Anant, 29, oversees the oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd’s renewable and green energy expansion while the bride, Radhika Merchant, also 29, is the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoon Viren Merchant and is the marketing director for his company, Encore Healthcare.
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