India’s wedding to remember - Son of Asia’s richest man set to marry longtime love in most extravagant nuptial

Ready, set, match: Artist Jagjot Singh Rubal painting portraits of Radhika and Anant in Amritsar ahead of their wedding. Anant is marrying his childhood sweetheart Radhika in a lavish three-day wedding beginning yesterday, an opportunity for his father Mukesh to showcase his place at the top of India’s corporate hierarchy. — AFP

Global celebrities, business tycoons and politicians began arriving in India’s financial capital to attend the wedding of the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, Asia’s richest man, highlighting the billionaire’s staggering wealth and rising clout.

Anant Ambani, 29, is marrying his longtime girlfriend, Radhika Merchant, in what many have dubbed the wedding of the year.