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The wedding rituals, including exchanging garlands by the couple and walking around the sacred fire, began on Friday and were completed past midnight. The celebrations of Anant Ambani marrying Radhika Merchant took place at the Ambani-owned Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai and the family home. The marriage culminated months of wedding events that featured performances by pop stars including Rihanna and Justin Bieber.

The four-day wedding celebrations began on Friday with the traditional Hindu wedding ceremony and will be followed by a grand reception to run through the weekend. The guest list included former British Prime Ministers Sir Tony Blair and Boris Johnson; Saudi Aramco chief executive Amin H Nasser; and Adele, Lana Del Rey, Drake and David Beckham, according to local media. The Ambani family did not confirm the guest list.



Television news channels showed celebrities like Kim Kardashian in a red ensemble and professional wrestler and Hollywood actor John Cena arriving. International guests also wore traditional dresses by major Indian fashion designers. They put on embroidered sherwanis – long-sleeved outer coats worn by men in South Asia.

Cena came in a sky-blue sherwani and white trousers. Nick Jonas wore a pink sherwani and white trousers. Police imposed traffic diversions around the wedding venue from Friday to Monday to handle the influx of guests who flew to Mumbai, where heavy monsoon rains have caused flooding and flight disruptions for the past week.

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