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Kannadakka’s Green Crusader Saalumarada Thimmakka Passes Away at 114
India on Friday (November 14, 2025) bid farewell to one of its most cherished environmental icons, Saalumarada Thimmakka, who passed away at the age of 114. Fondly known as Kannadakka and celebrated worldwide for her extraordinary contribution to environmental conservation, Thimmakka breathed her last at a Bengaluru hospital where she had been admitted for age-related complications.
Saalumarada Thimmakka : ಪ್ರಾಣಿ ಸಂಕುಲಕ್ಕೆ ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅಪಾರ : ಗುಂಪು ಮರದ ಆನಂದ್
Saalumarada Thimmakka – ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥವಿಲ್ಲದ ಪ್ರೀತಿ, ಆಸೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ ಸೇವೆ. ಈ ಎರಡರ ಸಾರವೇ ವೃಕ್ಷಮಾತೆ ದಿವಂಗತ ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕ. ಬಡತನದಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದರೂ, ಪರಿಸರ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆಯ ತಮ್ಮ ಬೃಹತ್ ಕಾರ್ಯದಿಂದ ಕೋಟ್ಯಂತರ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಪಾಲಿಗೆ ಆಸರೆಯಾದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅಪಾರ ಎಂದು ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ವಿಜೇತ ಗುಂಪು ಮರದ ಆನಂದ್ ಅವರು ಬಣ್ಣಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಚಿಕ್ಕಬಳ್ಳಾಪುರ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಗುಡಿಬಂಡೆ ಪಟ್ಟಣದ ಹೊರವಲಯದ ಅಂಬೇಡ್ಕರ್ ವೃತ್ತದ ಬಳಿ ಗುಡಿಬಂಡೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕರು ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರ…
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ಶತಾಯುಷಿ ಸಾಲು ಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ದಾಖಲು
ಶತಾಯುಷಿ ಸಾಲು ಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ದಾಖಲು
Source : Online Desk
ಹಾಸನ: ಖ್ಯಾತ ಪರಿಸರ ಹೋರಾಟಗಾರ್ತಿ, ಶತಾಯುಷಿ ಸಾಲುಮರದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರಿಗೆ ಅನಾರೋಗ್ಯ ಕಾಣಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದು ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ದಾಖಲಾಗಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ತೀವ್ರ ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ನೋವು, ವಾಂತಿ, ಭೇದಿ ಕಾಣಿಸಿ ಅಸ್ವಸ್ಥರಾಗಿದ್ದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕನವರನ್ನು ಹಾಸನ ನಗರದ ಮಣಿ ಸೂಪರ್ ಸ್ಪೆಷಾಲಿಟಿ ಆಸ್ಪತ್ರೆಗೆ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.
ದತ್ತು ಪುತ್ರ ಬಳ್ಳೂರು ಉಮೇಶ್ ಅವರ ಸ್ವಗ್ರಾಮ ಬೇಲೂರಿನ ತಾಲ್ಲೂಕಿನ ಬಳ್ಳೂರು ಗ್ರಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳೆದೆರಡು ತಿಂಗಳಿನಿಂದ ತಿಮ್ಮಕ್ಕ ನೆಲೆಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
“ಹೊಟ್ಟೆ ನೋವು,…
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She is not a book-inspired environmentalist. She did not go to school or get any formal education. She worked as a labourer and like most voiceless Indian women, took life head-on for survival. Thimmakka was born in the Hulikal village in the Magadi taluk of Bangalore Rural district. After doing back-breaking work from dawn to
Once she found out that she was unable to bear children, "Saalumarada" Thimmakka turned to planting trees and looking after them as her children. She’s planted close to 300 of them.
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Although she has received scores of awards, according to Aljazeera, she wonders why people give her certificates but no money. Living a poverty ridden life, she even suspects that some people may be using her to get funds, but do not share them with her. “I have been wanting to start a hospital, but no one seems interested. But I will keep trying,” she adds.
105-Year-Old Woman Never Had Children, So She Became a Mother to 300 Trees
The Mother of 300 Trees
The Mother of 300 Trees
“Saalumarada Thimmakka” 105 years old women inspiring people of all generations with her unbelievable dedication to our planet. The one century old women planted about 300 trees, influenced by the fact that she and her late husband Sri Bikkala Chikkayya found themselves childless after 25 years of marriage. They are hailing from rural Karnataka, southern India, the motivated couple dealt with…
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The Mother of Tress
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Being unable to have children is a heartbreaking situation for anyone who wants to conceive.
But in rural India, infertility carries an added stigma for women, who can be outcast from their families and society.
When Saalumarada Thimmakka and her husband Sri Bikkala Chikkayya found themselves childless after 25 years of marriage, she dealt with it…
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