For one of India’s richest families, a wedding is not just a wedding – it’s a spectacle designed to dazzle even the world’s wealthiest and most powerful people.

It was back in 2018 that India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, threw his daughter, Isha, the most expensive wedding the country had ever seen, where Beyoncé performed and guests attended receptions in Italy’s Lake Como, as well as Mumbai and Rajasthan, at a reported cost of almost $100m (£80m).

But never one to be outdone, even by himself, Ambani is set to throw an even more extravagant affair beginning next month, this time for the wedding of his youngest son, 28-year-old Anant Ambani.

Newspapers across India have been transfixed by details of the wedding celebrations, which will see Anant Ambani marry Radhika Merchant, 29, the daughter of a well-known business family who run Encore Healthcare, a large India pharmaceutical firm. Merchant, who is a trained Indian classical dancer now sits on the board of Encore.

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According to Forbes Rich list, Ambani, chairman of the Reliance Industries conglomerate that deals in everything from energy to textiles and telecommunications, is Asia richest man, worth $112bn. Antilla, the Ambani’s 27-storey high home in Mumbai, drew global attention when it was built, reportedly costing more than $1bn. It was listed by Forbes as the most expensive property in the world.

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