Her true identity and origin have always been a matter of debate.
Regular readers would have noticed that I have been writing about Nappinnai from time to time. My latest article on who she could be, written in Tamil is published in tamilhindu.com.
It can be read at
http://www.tamilhindu.com/2009/12/who-is-nappinnai/
The various articles written in this blog on Kaarthigai deepam festival and its cosmological connection have been compiled into a single article and posted in
http://www.scribd.com/doc/21878322/Kaarthigai-Deepam-cosmological-Cultural-religious-significance
