Thimmakka’s Inspiring Legacy: Best Eco-Hero at 114

Thimmakka was born on 30 June, 1911, in Gubbi taluk in Tumakuru district. With no formal schooling and unable to have children, she began planting saplings as a way to fill an emotional void. Over the years, she cared for the young trees with the tenderness she said she would have given her own children