Poondhamalli , also known as Puvirunthavalli, is a historic place in Tamil Nadu. It is located around 25 kilometers from Chennai on the way to Kanchipuram. In the epigraphs found at different places in Chennai, Pundamalli is variously mentioned as Poovirundhavalli and Puvirunthavalli. In ancient times, Poondhamalli was a colony (agrahara or Chaturvedi Mangalam) of learned Vedic scholarsand was known as Chera Pandya Chaturvedimangalam, as a result of its conquest by the Pandyas and by the Cheras. Poondhamalli and surrounding areas appears to have been a flourishing town during the reign of Kulothunga Chola II (1133 – 1150 AD) and the inscriptions mention that it was situated in the ancient territory of Mangadu – Nadu, a subdivision of Puliyur Kotam. An inscription from Tirusulam in Chennai, dates 1250 AD, in the reign of Kulottunga III, states that Poondhamalli was known as Uyyakondan Cholapuram. The area of Pundamalli was granted to Vedic scholars by the Chera king Ravi V