<p><a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/pm-modi-in-mumbai-all-announcements-made-by-prime-minister-for-maharashtra-23363669" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Prime Minister Narendra Modi</strong></a> on Saturday blessed the newly-wed couple Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant after their star-studded wedding that was attended by global celebrities, business tycoons, and politicians, reported the PTI.</p>
<p>PM Modi arrived at the Ambani family-owned Jio World Convention Centre here for a wedding reception that has been titled 'Shubh Aashirwad'.</p>
<p>Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani -- Asia's richest man -- and Radhika Merchant, a pharmaceutical heiress, touched PM Modi's feet to seek his blessings, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>PM Modi was received by Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani and was escorted into the venue where hosts of celebrities, film stars, cricketers, business tycoons, and politicians had assembled.</p>
<p>The marriage on Friday culminated months of pre-wedding events in India and abroad.</p>
<p>The guests invited for the reception on Saturday were almost similar to the ones who attended the wedding a day before.</p>
<p>The attendees included Bollywood icons Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, and Ranbir Kapoor; cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, and Suryakumar Yadav.</p>
<p>Former British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Boris Johnson; and Saudi Aramco CEO Amin H Nasser were also on the guest list.</p>
<p>Politicians who attended the wedding included Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, his deputies Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar, RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, his wife Dimple and Shiv Sena (UBT) head Uddhav Thackeray.</p>
<p>CM Shinde arrived for the ceremony along with Maharashtra Governor Ramesh Bais, Deputy Chief Ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Ajit Pawar at the Shubh Ashirwad function.</p>
<p>The groom Anant Ambani, 29, oversees the oil-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd's renewable and green energy expansion while the bride, Radhika Merchant, also 29, is the daughter of pharmaceutical tycoon Viren Merchant and is the marketing director for his company, Encore Healthcare.</p>
<p>Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, American reality TV stars Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian, actors Madhuri Dixit Nene and Shahid Kapoor on Saturday dressed up to the nines for the blessing ceremony of the newlyweds Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant.</p>
<p>They tied the knot on Friday.</p>
<p>(with PTI inputs)</p><p>
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