Akash Ambani, son of Mukesh and Nita Ambani, wed Shloka Mehta in an elaborate three-day wedding in Mumbai, India on March 9 to 11.
Pre-wedding celebrations kicked off in St. Moritz, Switzerland and in the Ambani home, Antilia.
Notable guests included former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair, former U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
If you loved watching the extravagance of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s royal wedding last spring, then you must know that India celebrated its own version of the royal wedding last weekend.
The groom is Akash Ambani, the 27-year-old son of Mukesh Ambani, Reliance Industries' chairman and managing director better known as Asia’s richest man. Ambani's blushing bride is Shloka Mehta, the daughter of diamond mogul Russell Mehta. As they are darlings of Indian high society, the Ambani-Mehta wedding was one of the country’s highly anticipated social events of the year.Â
>pThe couple started off as friends at the Dirubhai International School and after a decade of friendship, they began dating. They got engaged in Goa, India, last March.>pAkash's twin sister, Isha, recently married Anand Piramal at the family home in December.>pThe celebration was stretched over number of days. There was the pre-wedding dandiya raas night on February 19. During this occasion, the couple invited their families and friends and together they performed traditional folk dances. Â Â >pTheir Dandiya Raas night was hosted at the Ambani residence, a 27-story structure in Antilia, Mumbai.>h3
>pIt's said to have cost $1 billion to build. Mukesh himself is estimated to be worth $52 billion as of writing, according to Forbes, making him the 13th richest man in the world.>pFrom February 23 to 25, a small portion of the wedding party flew to luxury ski resort town St. Moritz in Switzerland.>h3
>pBusiness Today India reported that the couple had invited over 850 guests to the Winter Wonderland carnival-themed party and the guest list included some stars from Bollywood royalty.>pFormal invites to the wedding weekend were sent out a month prior to the festivities. >h3
While both the dandiya raas night and the sangeet or musical party were held at the Ambani home, the wedding ceremony on March 9 took place at the newly-opened Jio World Center.
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>pThe wedding weekend kicked off with a ceremony on March 9, post-wedding party on March 10, and reception on March 11, which means we have yet to see the rest of the festivities.>pThe venue was filled with ornate floral arrangements.>h3
>pThe groom and his family arrive at the venue on the first day.>pIn a touching moment, the groom walked down the aisle with his parents on each side.>h3
 >pMaroon 5 performed at the post-wedding party on Sunday evening. >pNita Ambani, dubbed by Forbes as India’s "first lady of business," had graced the wedding party with a special number the night before.>h3
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