Saalumarada Thimmakka

Saalumarada Thimmakka (2011)

Saalumarada Thimmakka (born around 1911 in Gubbi Taluk, Tumakuru , Karnataka ) is an Indian environmentalist and women's rights activist .

Live and act

Thimmakka lived under social stigma in a remote village in southern India because she could not have children. She decided to defy this stigma and plant banyan trees. During her lifetime she planted several thousand trees. In India, Thimmakka embodies the ideal that women have to question the status quo in order to change it. She once said:

“It was probably my fate not to have any children. Because of this, we planned to plant trees, raise them, and be blessed. We treated the trees like our children. "

- Saalumarada Thimmakka

In the last years of her life, Thimmakka became an important voice in the fight to overcome the climate crisis . She received many awards including the Padma Shri . The BBC show 100 Women portrayed her in 2016.

credentials

↑ ^a ^b ^c 100 Women 2016: How trees helped an infertile woman heal. In: BBC. BBC, accessed November 6, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c 105-Year-Old Indian Environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka Is One Of BBC's 100 Most Influential Women. In: Huffington Post. Huffington Post, accessed November 6, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Thimmakka, Saalumarada
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Indian environmentalist and women's rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gubbi Taluk, Tumakuru , Karnataka

[bbc-38210907-1] 100 Women 2016: How trees helped an infertile woman heal. In: BBC. BBC, accessed November 6, 2019 .

[huff-21613234-2] 105-Year-Old Indian Environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka Is One Of BBC's 100 Most Influential Women. In: Huffington Post. Huffington Post, accessed November 6, 2019 .