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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Amrit Dhillon in New Delhi

World’s super-rich head to Gujarat for wedding party thrown by India’s richest person

A red carpet ceremony marking the engagement of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai.
A red carpet ceremony marking the engagement of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant in Mumbai, India. Photograph: Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters

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).

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