Her father, Ustad Alauddin Khan, was the royal court musician at the court of Maharaja Brijnath Singh of Maihar State. Since on the day of her birth, he was away, it was the Maharaja who named her 'Annapurna'.
The name 'Annapurna' was given to the daughter of Ustad Alauddin Khan, a renowned musician, by the Maharaja Brijnath Singh of Maihar State because her father was absent when she was born.