Ponsorimalai, also known as Sorimalai, is a hill in Vennandur block of Namakkal district in Tamil Nadu, India.
Geology
Ponsorimalai
is located northwest of
Alavaimalai and southeast of
Kanjamalai.
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.
History
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.
