About Salumarada Thimmakka Tree Park
There are parks, and then there are places that carry a story so moving that simply being there feels meaningful. Salumarada Thimmakka Tree Park in Udupi District is the latter.
This park is dedicated to Saalumarada Thimmakka, one of India's most celebrated environmentalists and a woman whose story has inspired millions. Born into poverty in rural Karnataka, Thimmakka and her husband began planting banyan trees along a roadside in Hulikal village with no resources other than determination and devotion. Over decades, she nurtured hundreds of trees, treating each one as her own child. Today, she is a living legend, a Padma Shri awarded, an environmental hero, and the inspiration behind this park in Udupi District.