Telugu Weddings
Your pelli, at a Telugu family's own estate
White Fallow Estate is owned and run by a Telugu family. Twelve lakefront acres in Buford, a 200-seat white barn for the muhurtham, and two mansions where both families stay all weekend.
Why families choose White Fallow Estate
Hosted by a family that has poured talambralu themselves
We are a Telugu family, and this estate is our home. We know a muhurtham is not a suggestion, that the purohit needs space for the homam, and that a pelli is three days of family, not a six-hour rental. The estate has already welcomed pellikoduku and pellikuthuru celebrations, and we would be honored to host the wedding itself: kanyadanam and jeelakarra bellam under the barn's rafters, saptapadi around the agni, talambralu with the whole hall on its feet.
The two mansions sleep 36, one for each side, so the bride's house and the groom's house are real houses all weekend, Friday to Sunday. Everyone else lands 10 minutes away at the Mall of Georgia hotels, and Atlanta's Telugu community, one of the largest in the South, is just 40 minutes up the road.
Schedule a Private TourPellikuthuru
Each mansion becomes a family home for the weekend, so the bride becomes pelli kuthuru right where she wakes up: naluga and haldi on the lawn, aunties singing, nobody watching the clock.
Mangala Snanam
On the wedding morning, both sides take the auspicious bath in their own private mansion, with harathi and filter coffee before the getting-ready begins.
Jeelakarra Bellam
At the exact muhurtham, even if the panchangam says 1:47 in the morning, cumin and jaggery meet at the crown under the barn's white rafters or beside the water.
Talambralu
Turmeric rice flying in a 200-seat barn while both families cheer the couple on. Do not worry about the floor. We will handle the floor.
Saptapadi
Seven steps around the agni with the barn doors open to the lake, so the homam breathes and the last light catches the mandapam.
Satyanarayana Vratam
The morning after, gather in the mansion's great room for the vratam and prasadam before the send-offs begin.
The Big One
Bring your own caterer. Yes, really.
Most Atlanta venues lock the kitchen or charge a fee the moment you mention outside catering. Not here. Bring the Andhra or Telangana caterer your family trusts: pulihora and gongura pachadi, avakaya on the side, garelu and bobbatlu, Hyderabadi biryani for the sangeet crowd. No outside-catering fee, no preferred-vendor penalty, no raised eyebrows. The feast is yours.
"We remember talambralu raining down at our own pelli. Now the barn is ready for yours, with room for the whole village."