Chorwad (Guj): The Ambani brothers — Mukesh and Anil — came together for the inauguration of a memorial for the legendary industrialist and founder of Reliance Group Dhirubhai Ambani in Chorwad town in Junagarh district today, in the presence of the entire family.
It was after a long time that the Ambani siblings were seen together in the family reunion. A few years after the death of their father Dhirubhai Ambani in July 2002, both the brothers had parted ways levelling allegations against each other.
The memorial was inaugurated at the hands of the Ambanis’ family guru Ramesh Oza (Bhaiji), where Kokilaben, her two sons Mukesh and Anil, two daughters — Dipti Salgaonkar and Neena Kothari, were present among others.
The family reunion in Chorwad took place after a hiatus of 15 years. The last one was in 1996, when Dhirubhai was present and a grand feast had been organised for the villagers, sources close to the Ambani family said.
Talking to mediapersons, Group president of Reliance Parimal Nathwani said, “The entire Ambani family got emotional at the inauguration of the memorial, which is nothing less than a Bharat Ratna type of fitting tribute to the patriach Dhirubhai Ambani.”
He said it was significant that a memorial in his name came up at a place, from where, Dhirubhai began his career as a young entrepreneur.
The house in Chorwad, where Dhirubhai lived, till he left for Eden (now Yemen), is transformed into a memorial. A memorial in the name of an industrialist is unheard in this part of country, Nathwani said.
“The spiritual guru Ramesh Oza will also deliver a one hour discourse, which shall be attended by the Ambani family,” he said.
Nathwani said, that Ambani family took part in ‘havan’ (ritual) on Tuesday and the reunion culminated with ‘raas-garbha’ played at the Chorwadi temple premises.
“This was completely a family function and therefore no friends were invited,” he added. (PTI)
