If you have already arrived to Stellenbosch by the morning of January 10th, please join us for our Nelengu ceremony at Boschendal. For Hindu weddings, this is always a pre-wedding cleansing and purification ceremony. The ritual brings together both the bride’s and groom’s family and friends.

This event will take place at The Retreat at Boschendal. If you are staying at The Retreat, you will be able to walk over! If you are staying at the other cottages located elsewhere on the property, we will have shuttles to take you to The Retreat, with pick ups starting at 9:00 AM.

DRESSY CASUAL / INDIAN CASUAL ATTIRE

While this is a traditional ceremony, we welcome our guests to embrace either Indian or western cultures in their attire for this morning occasion! It will be a warm summer morning, so feel free to wear linen or breezy fabrics. Some guests might be in sarees or kurtas, and some might be in short-sleeve linen button ups or summer dresses or sets. Whatever you choose, we look forward to seeing your beautiful faces nice and early! ;)

Welcome to our wedding weekend in Stellenbosch! Let’s begin the festivities with a fusion Welcome Party & Sangeet as we kick off the weekend under the mountains! We will gather again at The Retreat, and shuttles will begin pick-ups at each of the cottages at 5:30 PM.

FESTIVE FORMAL ATTIRE

Kicking off our festivities this evening, we welcome our guests to express themselves in their evening festive party wear however they wish! Feel free to have fun, wear color, sequins, embellishments, what have you! Either western or Indian attire is appropriate for this evening. Please wear whatever you are most comfortable in!

Please join us for our Hindu wedding ceremony at Johannesdal 1207 on the morning of January 11th. Lunch will be served directly following. Transportation to the venue (located 5 min. down the road from Boschendal) will start at 9:15 AM. We know it is an early morning start, but we want to beat the mid-day sun!

INDIAN FORMAL / WESTERN FORMAL

For this event, we invite and encourage all of our guests from all cultures to wear Indian formalwear for our wedding ceremony. Feel free to wear any and all colors and styles. Reach out directly to Theo and Elissa if you need any guidance at all!

When the lunch is over, you will be transported back to your cottages, where you have the evening to enjoy Franschhoek or Stellenbosch, or kick back and relax on the property. We highly recommend picking up some charcuterie items from The Farm Shop at Boschendal on Friday during the day to have in your cottage, ready to go to picnic and enjoy Saturday evening if you don’t make dinner plans! Otherwise, there are amazing restaurants to eat at on property as well.