• Bill Gates visited the Statue of Unity in India earlier than heading to the Ambani pre-wedding bash.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi personally invited Gates to view the tallest statue on the planet.
• The Ambani’s three-day social gathering featured tech CEOs like Gates and different celebrities.

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Before rubbing elbows with the world’s wealthy and well-known on the Ambani pre-wedding bash, Bill Gates was simply being a vacationer in India.

Gates posted images of him on Instagram Friday on the Statue of Unity, the world’s largest statue, which is situated within the Indian state of Gujarat. The towering memorial to politician Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel — who helped reunite India post-British colonial rule — is sort of 600 toes tall and was commissioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2013.

While Gates seems to be taking part in common previous vacationer actions, the previous Microsoft CEO was personally invited by Modi himself to view the statue.

“Thank you @narendramodi for the invitation to visit the impressive Statue of Unity. It is an engineering marvel and a great tribute to Sardar Patel,” Gates wrote on Instagram underneath a photograph of him grinning in entrance of the metal and bronze colossus. “Also great to see it is creating economic opportunity for local tribal communities, especially women.”

Gates was so impressed by the go to that he posted a follow-up video of his expertise on the Statue of Unity set to “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen.

Before Gates additionally sat down with Modi to debate “using AI for public good,” he wrote within the caption an Instagram submit that featured him posing with the Prime Minister. Gates additionally later met with a number of native leaders, per posts on his social media.

What Gates has been making headlines for, nevertheless, is his attendance at one of many greatest events of the yr up to now — the Ambani household pre-wedding bash hosted by Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani. The soiree celebrating his son Anant Ambani’s upcoming marriage featured a non-public efficiency by Rihanna and a few of the most outstanding names in enterprise and Bollywood.