After the grand pre-wedding celebrations of Anant Ambani wedding, the whole world was watching how their wedding festivities unfold.
Starting with Anant Ambani’s grand baraat from Antilla, their family home to Jio World Convention Centre thousands of people gathered eagerly to witness it on Mumbai & millions more joined the celebration via different virtual channels. The social media sensation for the search of ‘Ambani wedding’ was trending for days. From Hollywood celebrities like Kim Kardashian, John Cena & many more flaunting their Indian traditional looks, so many celebrities attended the Anant Ambani & Radhika Merchant’s wedding.
Be it your favourite Indian cricketer, Bollywood stars, South Indian actors, singers and performers a lot of them were part of this grand celebration. The curiosity of the Ambani wedding was much expected after their grand pre-wedding celebrations – Anant Ambani & Radhika Merchant’s Hastakshar was hosted by Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, and Nita Ambani, his wife where Rihanna performed. Following that they held a party on a cruise ship sailing the Mediterranean.
After much grand pre-wedding events, July 5th was their Sangeet where the family danced out their happiness. Both the bride & groom wore outfits by Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla. Radhika Merchant wore a crystal outfit paired with ruby diamond buttons by Kantilal Chhotalal. Anant Ambani boasted a Cheetah Brooch, a nod to his 3,000-acre animal rescue sanctuary Vantara in Gujarat and Isha Ambani flaunted a custom Schiaparelli saree by French haute couture house.The Sangeet was followed by a private concert by Justin Bieber, where Radhika Merchant flaunted a metal mesh saree by Manish Malhotra.
Following a fun filled Sangeet, the family had many ceremonies & rituals over the next few days, a mehendi event & a haldi celebration on July 11th – an Indian celebration filled with fun & auspicious rituals. Radhika merchant sported sherara pants from Anamika Khanna and her dupatta was made of flowers, which was simply stunning.
The baraat was held on July 12th where hundreds of dancers, bollywood celebrities & many people where part of the groom’s wedding procession from their family home to Jio World Convention Centre. Event planner Preston Bailey had designed over 60 animal sculptures made of natural flowers – a sight to behold.
After baraat, their wedding ceremony began with traditional Jaimala, where the bride & groom exchanged varmalas. Jaimala was followed by Kanyadaan & then followed phera, the actual wedding ceremony. Afterward came the sindoor daan and mangalsutra ceremonies, and the bride & groom seeked blessings of the elders for their new beginning.
Radhika flaunted a gorgeous couture look in red & white by Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla honoring the Gujarati tradition of panetar and paired it with a multi-emerald ranihaar, or bridal necklace. Following was the bidaai ritual where the bride bids farewell to her parents & family as she moves into her marital home.
The final event of their wedding was a grand wedding reception with 14,000 guests. The celebration is nothing short of grandeur & the pictures of the event are a testament to it!
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