The ‘Gol Dhana’ or engagement ceremony of Anant Ambani, son of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and spouse Nita, and Radhika Merchant, daughter of Encore Healthcare CEO Viren Merchant and his spouse Shaila, will likely be held in Mumbai on Thursday.

The festivities started on Tuesday with the mehendi ceremony of the bride-to-be, images of which went viral. For Thursday’s operate, friends have been requested to costume in Indian festive put on.

For the mehendi, Merchant wore a pink lehenga by designer duo Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla. A reel of the bride-to-be’s efficiency on the track ‘Ghar More Pardesiya’ from the movie ‘Kalank’ has emerged on social media.

Gol Dhana actually means coriander seeds and jaggery, which is distributed to friends on the ceremony. In a Gujarati wedding ceremony, it principally represents an engagement. The bride and her household arrive on the groom’s household with sweets and items. The couple then exchanges engagement rings and seeks blessings from 5 married girls from every household.

The roka ceremony of Radhika and Anant was carried out on the Shrinathji Temple at Nathdwara in Rajasthan on December 29 within the presence of relations and buddies. They had acquired a grand welcome on their return to Mumbai after the ceremony.

An announcement issued by the household had stated the younger couple after the engagement spent the day on the temple searching for Lord Shrinathji’s blessings for his or her upcoming union. The wedding ceremony date is but to be introduced.

“Anant and Radhika have recognized one another for just a few years and in the present day’s ceremony commences the formal journey of their marriage within the coming months,” the statement had said. “Both families seek the blessings and good wishes of everyone for Radhika and Anant as they start their journey of togetherness.”

Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani had in June 2022 hosted a lavish ‘arangetram’ ceremony for Radhika Merchant on the Jio World Centre in Mumbai. It was the primary on-stage dance efficiency or ‘arangetram’ of Radhika, who’s a skilled Indian classical dancer.

While Anant studied at Brown University within the US, Radhika is a graduate of New York University. Anant is being groomed to take over the brand new vitality enterprise of oil-to-telecom-to-retail conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd run by his father. He is on the boards of Jio Platforms – the group’s telecom and digital firm, and Reliance Retail Ventures.

Ambanis have three kids — twins Akash and Isha, and youngest son Anant.

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Isha married Piramal Group inheritor Anand Piramal in December 2018. They are blessed with twins, Aadiya and Krishna.

Elder son Akash married diamantaire Russell Mehta’s daughter Shloka in March 2019. They have a two-year-old son, Prithvi.

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