Ponsorimalai

Ponsorimalai, also known as Sorimalai, is a hill in Vennandur block of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu, India.

Sorimalai
Aerial view of Vennandur block, view of Ponsorimalai and beyond that view of Kanjamalai from Alavaimalai
Highest point
Coordinates	11°32′48.9″N 78°06′19.6″E
Dimensions
Length	2.575 km (1.600 mi) N–S
Width	2.253 km (1.400 mi) E–W
Area	5.8 km2 (2.2 sq mi)
Naming
English translation	Ponsorimalai- பொன்சொரிமலை
Language of name	Tamil
Geography
Location	Ponparappipatti
Parent range	part of the Eastern Ghats
Climbing
Easiest route	Vennandur-Mallur Road

Geology

Ponsorimalai^[1] is located northwest of Alavaimalai^[2] and southeast of Kanjamalai.^[3] North and West side foot hill limits are surrounded by villages of Salem district, South and East side foot hill limits are surrounded by villages of Namakkal district.

Ponsorimalai

History

Ponsorimalai from Vennandur

A 15th-century Jain inscriptions in the hills bear couplet 251 from the “Shunning meat” chapter (Chapter 26) of the Kural text, indicating that the people of the Kongu Nadu region practiced ahimsa and non-killing as chief virtues.^[4]