Saalumarada Thimmakka

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  stretch of highway between Hulikal and Kudur, Ramanagara district. She also planted nearly 8,000 other trees. 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.

Thimmakka was said to have been born on 30 June 1911, although some sources have claimed she was born around 1928.

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

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