Taunted for not being able to give birth to a child Vriksha Mata Saalumarada Thimmakka started to plant banyan trees in lieu of children, 106 year old Vriksha Mata has planted 8000 trees. She has conferred with Padma Shri this year. She has spent 66 years of her life years of her life planting trees
Mysuru Dasara (เฒฆเฒธเฒฐเฒพ เฒนเฒฌเณเฒฌ / Nadahabba ) is observed in Karnataka state since the Vijayanagara Empire kings time in the 15th century. After the fall of the Vijayanagar to Deccan Sultanates, these Hindu celebrations came to an end under Muslim rulers. The Wodeyars of Mysore started it again in 1610
Haridasa Thakur (IAST Haridasa) (born 1450) was an Ex-Muslim who became a prominent Hindu Vaishnava saint known for being instrumental in the initial propagation of the Hare Krishna movement. He chanted Hare Krishna 300,000 times daily. He is considered the most famous convert of Chaitanya Mahaprabu
Dressed as Goddess Meenakshi of the famous Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple, complete with a crown and a colourful garland, Fifty eight-year-old Bharathi Kannamma files her nomination papers from Madurai constituency as an independent candidate. She has a postgraduate in Sociology and is a trans woman
