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PM Narendra Modi also attended the second day of Anant-Radhika's wedding which lasted for 3 days.
Asia's biggest businessman Mukesh Ambani's younger son Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant have got married. The functions went on for 3 days at Jio World Center in Mumbai. The wedding was held on the first day, Shubh Aashirwad on the second day and Mangal Utsav program was organized on the third day.
Many big celebrities from India and abroad attended this wedding. The country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi also attended the program and blessed Anant-Radhika. Take a look at this three-day wedding function through 30 photos and videos…
1. The function started with Anant's baraat
The wedding events started with the baraat of the groom Anant Ambani. The baraat left from Antilia for Jio World Center at 4:30 pm on July 12. Many celebs including WWE wrestler John Cena, Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt, Ranveer Singh and Priyanka Chopra were seen dancing in this baraat. Members of the Ambani family including Nita Ambani were also seen dancing.
Before Anant's wedding procession started, he was given a turban. In the picture, his mother Nita Ambani is tying the turban.
WWE wrestler John Cena (blue sherwani) also danced in Anant's wedding procession.
Rajinikanth, Ranveer Singh, Anil Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra dancing with Ananth in the wedding procession.
Ananya Pandey, Hardik Pandya and Salman Khan were also seen dancing with Mukesh Ambani in the wedding procession.
According to media reports, the price of the crest on Anant's turban was around Rs 180 crore.
2. The wedding procession reached Jio World Center, all the rituals took place here
The wedding procession reached Jio World Center after which the wedding rituals began. First of all, the garland exchange took place. During this, Anant and Radhika's friends picked them up. After this, the rituals of Lagna, Saat Phere and Sindoor Daan were performed. Radhika became emotional at the time of Vidaai.
Radhika Merchant arrives with her father Virendra Merchant for the varmala.
During the varmala, Anant and Radhika were lifted on the shoulders of their friends.
Anant-Radhika during the marriage, seven rounds and sindoor daan rituals.
Both Radhika and her father Virendra Merchant got emotional during the farewell.
During the function, Mukesh Ambani's granddaughter Adiya Ambani Piramal was seen with her golden retriever pet Happy Piramal. Happy was seen wearing a Banarasi silk jacket.
3. Many VVIP guests arrived at the wedding on the first day
On the first day of the wedding, almost all the Bollywood celebs including Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Ranbir-Alia, Vicky-Katrina, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Siddharth-Kiara, Janhvi Kapoor, Ananya Pandey and Kriti Sanon attended the wedding. Many sports personalities including Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni were also seen.
Many international guests including Nigerian rapper Rema, Kim Kardashian, WWE wrestler John Cena, former UK PM Boris Johnson also attended the event. Anant gave luxury watches worth crores as return gifts to select friends.
Nita Ambani with American media personality Kim Kardashian. Other guests arrived at the wedding.
The Bachchan family reached the event separately. Aishwarya reached with daughter Aaradhya. Amitabh's wife Jaya, son Abhishek and daughter Shweta also reached with their families.
During the wedding, Shahrukh Khan touched Amitabh Bachchan's feet and took his blessings.
Anant gave luxury watches to 25 friends including Salman, Shahrukh and Ranveer as return gifts.
This limited edition Royal Oak Perpetual Calendar Premier Watch of Audemars Piguet brand is made of 18 carat gold and costs $2 lakh i.e. Rs 1.67 crore. A video of the groom squad flaunting the watch has also surfaced.
1. Radhika received a grand welcome when she reached Antilia for the first time
Radhika reached Antilia for the first time as the daughter-in-law of the Ambani family. Flowers were showered here to welcome her. Shloka Ambani welcomed Anant and Radhika by applying tilak. Sister-in-law Shloka hugged Radhika and brother Akash hugged Anant.
Anant-Radhika were welcomed with flowers on reaching Antilia.
Sister-in-law Shloka Ambani welcomes Anant by applying tilak.
Akash-Shloka hug Anant-Radhika.
2. PM Narendra Modi arrived to bless Anant-Radhika
Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the Shubh Ashirwad program held on the second day. He stayed at the wedding for 2 hours and 40 minutes. He had dinner and also took the blessings of Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwarananda ji.
PM Modi blessing the couple.
PM Narendra Modi with Anant-Radhika and Nita-Mukesh Ambani.
3. Many celebs arrived, singers performed
Many celebrities attended the wedding on the second day as well. Singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam also performed.
On the second day too, Shahrukh Khan attended the wedding with his family. Apart from him, Janhvi Kapoor and cricketer Sachin Tendulkar were also seen with his wife Anjali.
Rashmika Mandanna, Shahid-Mira, former UK PM Boris Johnson, Ibrahim-Sara and Anant-Radhika with WWE wrestler The Great Khali at the function.
Amitabh Bachchan met Swami Rambhadracharya. He hugged Big B.
Shankar Mahadevan, Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan and Sonu Nigam during the performance.
For this three-day wedding, Jio World Centre was decorated on the theme of Kashi.
The Shubh Ashirwad program was concluded with a musical performance. On this occasion, many classical artists including sitar player Niladri Kumar and sandur player Rahul Sharma also performed.
1. Neeta came on the red carpet and invited the media
On the third day, Nita Ambani came on the red carpet. While addressing all the media persons, she invited them to attend the reception to be held on 15th July. Nita said- 'This is a wedding house, if I have committed any mistake, please forgive me.'
Nita Ambani addressing the media on the third day.
2. Rahman gave a performance, many celebs arrived
On this occasion, Rahman gave a musical performance. Sukhwinder Singh, Shreya Ghoshal, Udit Narayan and Sonu Nigam also performed with him. On the third day, many celebs including Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Arjun Kapoor, Govinda, Aditi Rao Hydari, Tamanna and Bhagyashree arrived.
Tamanna reached the wedding on the third day. Apart from her, Govinda, Nimrit Kaur and Tiger-Jackie Shroff also reached.
Many singers including Rehman and Sukhwinder performed on this occasion.
Around 10 thousand people reached the reception to meet Anant-Radhika and the Ambani family. During this, the entire Ambani family stood on the stage.
3. Akshay arrived on Monday, Ambani family gave a speech
On Monday, July 15, Ambani hosted a party for all his employees and media personnel. Akshay Kumar also arrived on this occasion with his wife Twinkle Khanna. He could not attend the wedding due to being Covid positive. On the last day, the Ambani family also gave a thanksgiving speech.
Akshay Kumar with wife Twinkle Khanna.
The Ambani family thanked everyone in the program.
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