Overview
- She died on November 14 at a Bengaluru private hospital while under treatment for respiratory and age-related complications, according to officials and family.
- Her last rites were performed at Kalagrama on the Jnana Bharathi campus in Bengaluru with state honours and Lingayat customs, attended by senior ministers.
- Thimmakka is widely credited with nurturing 385 banyan trees along the Hulikal–Kudur stretch and with caring for thousands of other trees over decades.
- The Karnataka government said it will consider her last wish for a museum in Belur, while the forest minister announced an award in her name and the planting of 114 saplings across the state.
- Leaders across parties, including Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, issued tributes noting her decades of grassroots conservation and her Padma Shri recognition in 2019.