Saalumarada Thimmakka

Saalumarada Thimmakka, is an Indian environmentalist from the state of Karnataka, noted for her work in planting and tending to 385 banyan trees along a four-kilometre stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur. She has also planted nearly 8000 other trees. With the support of her husband, she found solace in planting trees. A U.S. environmental organisation based in Los Angeles and Oakland, California called Thimmakka’s Resources for Environmental Education is named after her. She has earned herself a spot in the prestigious list of BBCs 100 most influential women. 

She is the oldest woman on the list for planting the 8,000 trees to fill the void that had been left after she realized she could not bear children. She has also won the prestigious Padma Shri. 

She was born in a poor family of Hulikal village in thus commenced a journey of pure dedication, Magadi Taluk, Ramnagar, Karnataka, she never untiring and unselfish love of planting trees and had the opportunity to go to school or have any nourishing them till they bore fruit. kind of formal education. She was known by the name of Thimmaka during her childhood. She started working at an early age as a quarry laborer.

The couple not only planted them as their kids. This is when it all started. In them but tended them to maturity while protecting 1948, Thimmakka along with her husband made them from herbivorous animals by fencing around up their mind to plant trees from their village in them with thorny bushes. Hulikal to Kudoor. Thimmakka and her husband thus commenced a journey of pure dedication, Magadi Taluk, Ramnagar, Karnataka, she never untiring and unselfish love of planting trees and had the opportunity to go to school or have any nourishing them till they bore fruit.

Thimmaka and her husband decided to plant started working at an early age as a quarry tree from their village to the next village, Kudoor. They choose a stretch of 4 km and there were no trees at all in the locality.

They planted 10 young banyan plants in the first have any children, to fill the year and increased the emptiness in their life the number to 15 in the second couple decide to plant banyan trees and raise and 20 the year after. The couple not only planted them as their kids. This is when it all started. In them but tended them to maturity while protecting 1948, Thimmakka along with her husband made them from herbivorous animals by fencing around up their mind to plant trees from their village in them with thorny bushes.