The youngest son of Asia's richest man is getting married, and the pre-wedding event features Rihanna, a 9-page dress code, and live animals

 The youngest son of Asia's richest man is getting married, and the pre-wedding event features Rihanna, a 9-page dress code, and live animalsAnant Ambani, the youngest son of Mukesh Ambani, is getting married.Anant and his bride-to-be, Radhika Merchant, are set to kick off their pre-wedding festivities in India this week.

Anant Ambani is getting married, and his father — Asia's richest man, Mukesh Ambani — is sparing no expense to celebrate the nuptials.As the chairman of Fortune 500 company Reliance Industries, the elder Ambani has an estimated net worth of $111 billion, according to Bloomberg's Billionaires Index. That makes him the richest person in Asia and the 11th-richest person in the world.

The younger Ambani is set to wed Radhika Merchant, the daughter of Encore Healthcare CEO Viren Merchant, in July. The couple's three-day pre-wedding party is set to start on Friday in Gujarat, India.

Here's everything we know about the festivities so far.

The couple kicked off celebrations by hosting a communal dinner for 51,000 people.On Wednesday, Ambani and his bride-to-be hosted a communal dinner for 51,000 local residents in Gujarat, per The Hindu.The event took place in the Jogwad village, near the Reliance Township in Jamnagar, The Hindu reported.

According to the outlet, serving food to the community during auspicious family occasions has long been a tradition of the Ambanis.Rihanna is expected to perform at the pre-wedding bash.Reuters reported that the "Umbrella" singer would be providing entertainment for the event.

A video of her arriving in Jamnagar with A$AP Rocky has surfaced online. In the clip, she can be seen exiting a building and getting onto a cart.A fan also uploaded an Instagram video of multiple wooden crates being transported out of an airport arrival hall, with the caption "Rihanna's luggage has arrived in India.""What she bring with her? A folding house?" one comment under the post read, to which Rihanna herself responded, "the stage couldn't fit in my carryon."

The Ambanis have had mega-stars perform at weddings beforeIn 2018, Beyoncé performed at Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal's pre-wedding ceremony. Isha is Mukesh Ambani's only daughter and Anant's older sister.

In 2019, Coldplay front man Chris Martin and The Chainsmokers entertained guests attending Akash Ambani — Anant's older brother — and Shloka Mehta's pre-wedding bash in Switzerland. The couple also had Adam Levine serenade them at their post-wedding bash.