Karnataka’s Tree Goddess: Saalumarada Thimmakka, Karnataka's 'Tree Goddess', transformed a barren roadside into a 4.5km green ...

Long before modern climate campaigns, Karnataka’s legendary tree goddess Saalumarada Thimmakka proved that one ordinary woman ...

Known as the “Mother of Trees", Saalumarada Thimmakka planted hundreds of banyan trees across Karnataka, transforming barren ...

Saalumarada Thimmakka of Karnataka is a legend. She is 107-years-old and was awarded the Padma Shri earlier this year - an occasion where she reached out and blessed President Ram Nath Kovind. Ms ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Along a dusty road between Hulikal and Kudur in southern India, ...

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday said that a corpus fund of ₹1 crore would be set up in Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). Speaking at the golden jubilee celebrations of the ...

Saalumarada Thimmakka, the Padma Shri award-winning environmentalist known as the “Mother of Trees,” passed away at 114 in Bengaluru. With no formal education, she planted and nurtured hundreds of ...

Bengaluru: India mourns the passing of Padma Shri awardee and environmental legend Saalumarada Thimmakka, affectionately known as the 'Vriksha Mathe' or Mother of Trees. Thimmakka, who was 114 years ...

After repeatedly promising to help ailing environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka and of footing her hospital bills, when the government finally released Rs 10 lakh, the grand old lady declined the ...

Environmentalist and Padma Shri recipient Saalumarada Thimmakka was laid to rest with full state honours at Kalagrama on the Jnana Bharathi campus here on Saturday. The 114-year-old passed away in a ...

As part of its measures to turn the landscape of the district green, the forest department is nurturing the Saalumarada Thimmakka Park in Navalur village in Dharwad taluk. Hubballi: As part of its ...