For one in all India’s richest households, a marriage is not only a marriage – it’s a spectacle designed to dazzle even the world’s wealthiest and strongest individuals.

It was again in 2018 that India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, threw his daughter, Isha, the costliest wedding ceremony the nation had ever seen, the place Beyoncé carried out and company attended receptions in Italy’s Lake Como, in addition to Mumbai and Rajasthan, at a reported price of virtually $100m (£80m).

But by no means one to be outdone, even by himself, Ambani is ready to throw an much more extravagant affair starting subsequent month, this time for the marriage of his youngest son, 28-year-old Anant Ambani.

Newspapers throughout India have been transfixed by particulars of the marriage celebrations, which can see Anant Ambani marry Radhika Merchant, 29, the daughter of a widely known enterprise household who run Encore Healthcare, a big India pharmaceutical agency. Merchant, who’s a skilled Indian classical dancer now sits on the board of Encore.

According to Forbes Rich listing, Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Industries conglomerate that offers in all the pieces from vitality to textiles and telecommunications, is Asia richest man, value $112bn. Antilla, the Ambani’s 27-storey high home in Mumbai, drew global attention when it was constructed, reportedly costing greater than $1bn. It was listed by Forbes as the costliest property on this planet.

While full particulars of the marriage, anticipated to be held in July, haven’t but been made public, the three day lengthy pre-wedding celebration in March seems to be an opulent and star-studded occasion.

The kick off to the marriage festivities shall be on 1 March at a three-day celebration held in a 3,000-acre backyard, set within the grounds of an oil refinery in Jamnagar, within the Ambani’s residence state of Gujarat.

The backyard is claimed to have greater than 10m bushes and the biggest mango orchard in Asia and can also be residence to the Ambani’s animal rescue and rehabilitation centre, which has 2,000 rescued animals from each India and across the globe, together with leopards, tigers, lions, jaguars and elephants.

It’s been reported that Rihanna has been booked because the star performer, together with the illusionist David Blaine whereas the visitor listing consists of everybody from Indian billionaires to Bollywood celebrities, with Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Ivanka Trump all set to attend.

About 2,500 dishes are anticipated to be served to the company over the three days to make sure they by no means eat the identical dish twice.

While few in India can afford lavish weddings akin to the Ambanis, figures present that weddings in India are persevering with to get larger and grander. India now spends over $75bn on weddings yearly, making it the fourth-largest trade within the nation.