After visiting four Indian cities, Argentine legend and FIFA World Cup-winning player Lionel Messi will now head to Vantara in Gujarat’s Jamnagar, where will he will stay for a night. Messi and his Inter
Miami teammates Luis Suarez and Rodrigo De Paul will be hosted by Vantara founder Anant Ambani. Messi and his teammates will join the long list of dignitaries to visit the facility. Donald Trump Jr, son of US President Donald Trump, had in the last week of November visited the expansive wildlife rescue and rehabilitation initiative in Jamnagar, and lauded its scale, vision and commitment to conservation. Earlier, PM Narendra Modi, too, had visited the centre.
Lionel Messi is set to visit Vantara, where Anant Ambani will host the football legend.
Messi, along with Luis Suarez and others, will depart from Delhi around 5–5:30 pm for Jamnagar and stay overnight.#LionelMessi #Vantara #AnantAmbani #LuisSuarez #MessiInIndia #GOATTour2025… pic.twitter.com/yx8yggfdA4
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Messi’s India visit
Messi reached New Delhi on Monday, his final stop for his ongoing ‘GOAT India Tour’ 2025.
The legendary footballer was brought to New Delhi with a high level of security after a successful event in Mumbai on December 14.
Earlier, Chants of ‘Messi, Messi’ filled the air as some fans held posters of the Argentine legend, while thousands gathered outside the Arun Jaitley stadium in Delhi.
Messi’s Delhi stop on the GOAT India Tour followed his visits to Kolkata, Hyderabad and Mumbai. While his Kolkata outing was marred by chaos, the Hyderabad and Mumbai legs of the tour went by smoothly.
About Vantara
Built next to the Reliance Jamnagar Refinery Complex, Vantara houses a state-of-the-art hospital and research centre spread over one lakh square feet. The facility features advanced medical equipment, including MRI and CT scan units, an ICU, endoscopy suites, dialysis capabilities, and OR1 technology that supports live surgical conferencing. These resources enable the centre to treat a wide range of injured, distressed or endangered animals from across India and abroad. ince its inception, Vantara has rescued nearly 200 leopards injured in road accidents or human–wildlife conflicts, along with more than 1,000 crocodiles transferred from an overcrowded facility in Tamil Nadu. The centre has also rehabilitated animals from hunting lodges, threats of euthanasia, and global facilities unable to provide proper care. To strengthen long-term conservation, Vantara has initiated breeding programmes for several endangered Indian and international species, aimed at creating stable reserve populations that can eventually support wild repopulation.
With Agency Inputs
