NE FEATURES BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, FEB 28
Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding functions started on Wednesday with Anna Seva at the Jogwad village near Reliance Township in Jamnagar, Gujarat. Reliance Industries Limited CMD Mukesh Ambani, his son Anant Ambani, and other members of the Ambani family served traditional Gujarati food to villagers.
Radhika’s maternal grandmother and parents, Viren and Shaila Merchant, also took part in the Anna Seva. Food will be served to about 51,000 local residents which will continue for the next few days.
- Mukesh Ambani, his son Anant Ambani, and other members of the Ambani family serve traditional Gujarati food to villagers
- After the meal, the attendees enjoy traditional folk music. Famous Gujarati singer Kirtidan Gadhvi
- Food will be served to about 51,000 local residents which will continue for the next few days
- The Ambani family will have a three-day gala event from March 1 to 3 in Jamnagar
The Ambani family upholds the age-old Indic dictum, ‘Manav seva hi Madhav seva’ – ‘Service to humanity is service to God’. In the spirit of this principle, they have followed the tradition to commence every major occasion in their family by providing for and serving people and reinforcing their commitment to the community.
The Ambani family organised Anna Seva to seek blessings of the local community for the pre-wedding celebrations of Anant and Radhika. After the meal, the attendees enjoyed traditional folk music. Famous Gujarati singer Kirtidan Gadhvi performed on the occasion. The tradition of serving food is old in the Ambani family, which has been serving food on auspicious family occasions.
The Ambani family will have a three-day gala event from March 1 to 3 in Jamnagar. On the first day, there will be a cocktail party for the guests dubbed as ‘An Evening in Everland’, for which the dress code is elegant cocktail outfits. On the second day, guests will be taken for ‘A Walk on the Wildside’ and are advised to wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
The evening will see guests participating in ‘Mela Rouge’ where they would be expected to dress up in traditional Indian outfits. The final day will see guests celebrating the cultural heritage of India with ‘Hastakshar’ as the theme.
Around 1,000 guests are expected to attend the couple’s pre-wedding celebrations. These include the who’s who of different walks of life, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Melinda Gates, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Anant said Jamnagar is his grandmother’s birthplace, and the town where his grandfather Dhirubhai Ambani and father Mukesh Ambani started their business.
Commenting on his wedding in Jamnagar, Anant Ambani said, “This is in alignment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to ‘wed in India’. I have grown up here, and it’s my good fortune that we could plan the celebration here. This is my dadi’s janm bhoomi and my dada and papa’s karm bhoomi. It’s a matter of pride and happiness when our PM said that one should get married in India. And this is my home. My father often says that this is my dada’s sasural (in-laws’ house), and hence we are celebrating here. I also believe I am from Jamnagar, yahin ka nagarik hun,” Anant Ambani said.
