AN Indian politician has infuriated many people in his poverty-stricken country by throwing a shockingly extravagant wedding for his daughter.

According to The Sun, the extravagant bash is thought to have cost ex-state minister Gali Janardhana Reddy an estimated five billion rupees – which is equivalent to $100 million.

It is reported that bride Brahmani’s jewellery for the wedding cost $7.5 million – while her sari set the family back a further $3.5 million.

Guests were invited to his daughter Brahmani’s wedding with gold-plated invitations (reportedly costing an impressive $225,000) and Bollywood stars were also lined-up to perform in a five-day spectacular – causing critics to brand the bash as an “obscene display of wealth”.

The lavish wedding invitations arrived in a gold-plated box, inside containing a card detailing all they needed to know.

The invite box was also adorned with an LED screen fitted into the lid – ready to play an especially recorded video alongside the invite.

The clip that then plays shows Brahmani modelling a series of elaborate gowns, while her fiancé Rajeev Reddy is surrounded by five white horses.

Meanwhile, Janardhan Reddy and his wife are filmed lip-syncing to a song that was composed specifically for the nuptials.

Janardhana is claimed to have said that he mortgaged properties in Bangalore and Singapore to fund the wedding and that all payments were made six months ago – when the planning began.

Eight Bollywood directors have reportedly been hired to create sets that resemble ancient Hindu temples, to form a backdrop to event.

Guests will be transported about in luxury bullock carts and fed in a purpose-built village inside the grounds of the sprawling venue of Bangalore Palace.

Impressively, 3,000 bouncers and 300 policemen will also ensure the event’s security, alongside help from sniffer dogs and bomb squads.

Needless to say, Janardhana has been criticised on social media for the huge outlay of cash - with some users joking about how long he had to queue at the bank to exchange enough money to pay for the big day.

His political opponents have also used it as a chance to bring in to question whether the prime minister’s crackdown on illegal “black money” would include ‘elites’.