Saalumarada Thimmakka

Saalumarada Thimmakka
Thimmakka in 2011
Born
Gubbi, Kingdom of Mysore, India
(now in Tumakuru district, Karnataka, India)
Died(2025-11-14)14 November 2025
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
OccupationEnvironmentalist
Spouse
Chikkaiah
​
(died 1991)​
AwardsPadma Shri (2019)

Saalumarada Thimmakka (died 14 November 2025), also known as Aala Marada Thimmakka, was an Indian environmentalist. She was known for her work in planting and taking care of 385 banyan trees along a 4.5-kilometre (2.8 mi) stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur, Ramanagara district. She also planted nearly 8,000 other trees.[1] For her work, she was honored with the Padma Shri in 2019. A United States-based environmental organisation in Los Angeles and Oakland, California called Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education is named after her.[2]

Thimmakka was said to have been born on 30 June 1911,[3][4][5][6] although some sources have claimed she was born around 1928.[7]

Thimmakka died at a hospital in Bengaluru, India from respiratory failure on 14 November 2025, at the claimed age of 114.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Watch: When The "Mother Of Trees" Blessed President Ram Nath Kovind". NDTV.com. PTI. 16 March 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "About Thimmakka". Online Webpage of Thimmakka.org. Thimmakka's Resources for Environmental Education. Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
  3. ↑ C S, Yamini; Dhar, Aniruddha (11 July 2022). "Meet Saalumarada Thimmakka, 111-year-old environmentalist given a cabinet rank". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 2 December 2023. Thimmakka, who celebrated her 111th birthday on June 30 at Dr BR Ambedkar Bhavan in Bengaluru
  4. ↑ "105-year-old Karnataka environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka on BBC's list of top 100 women". The News Minute. 23 November 2016. Archived from the original on 4 June 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Sharma, Maya (2 July 2019). "107-Year-Old "Mother Of Trees" Spreads The Message Of Conservation". NDTV.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  6. ↑ Sudevan, Praveen (28 March 2019). "Meet Thimmakka, the 107-year-old Padma Shri awardee known for her environmental work". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 19 April 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "The Hindu : Mother of 400". The Hindu. 1 December 2003. Archived from the original on 5 December 2003. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  8. ↑ "Veteran environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka passes away at 114". The Financial Express. 14 November 2025. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
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