{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Sorimalai | image = Vennandur.jpg.jpg | image_caption = Aerial view of Vennandur block, view of Ponsorimalai and beyond that view of Kanjamalai from Alavaimalai | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | prominence_m = | prominence_ref = | range = part of the Eastern Ghats | listing = | translation = Ponsorimalai- பொன்சொரிமலை | language = Tamil | location = Ponparappipatti | coordinates = {{coord|11|32|48.9|N|78|06|19.6|E|}} | topo = | type = | age = | first_ascent = | easiest_route = Vennandur-Mallur Road | highest_location = | biome = <!-- *** Geography *** --> | area_km2 = 5.8 | length_km = 2.575 | length_orientation = N–S | width_km = 2.253 | width_orientation = E–W | highest = }} '''Ponsorimalai''', also known as '''Sorimalai''', is a hill in Vennandur block of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu, India.
==Geology== Ponsorimalai<ref name= Ponsorimalai>{{cite web |url =https://www.namakkal.tn.nic.in/delimitation/VP/VEN/Ponparappipatty.pdf| title = Ponsorimalai}}</ref> is located northwest of Alavaimalai<ref name="Alavaimalai">{{cite web |url =https://www.forests.tn.gov.in/tnforest/app/webroot/img/contact-map/namakkal.jpg | title = Alavaimalai}}</ref> and southeast of Kanjamalai.<ref name="Kanjamalai">{{cite web |url =https://www.sathuragiri.org/siddhars/SiddharKanchamalai.html |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100509023445/http://www.sathuragiri.org/siddhars/SiddharKanchamalai.html |url-status =usurped |archive-date =9 May 2010 | title = Kanjamalai}}</ref> 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.thumb|'''Ponsorimalai'''
==History== [[File:YS Ponsorimalai.jpg|thumb|'''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.<ref>{{cite book |editor1= Polilan|editor2=K. Gunathogai|editor3=Lena Kumar|editor4=Tagadur Sampath|editor5=Mutthamizh|editor6=G. Picchai Vallinayagam|editor7=D. Anbunidhi|editor8=K. V. Neduncheraladhan|title=Tiruvalluvar 2050 |url= |year=2019 |edition=1|publisher=Periyar Enthusiasts Group |location=Chennai|access-date= |language=Tamil|isbn= |page=774–779, 783|ref={{sfnRef|Polilan et al., 2019}} }}</ref>
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Category:Hills of Tamil Nadu
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