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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Sorimalai
| photo = Vennandur.jpg.jpg
| photo_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 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, Salem|Mallur]] Road
| highest_location=
|biome =

| 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 | 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.[[File:YS Ponsorimalai2.jpg|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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Hills of Tamil Nadu]]

{{Namakkal-geo-stub}}

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