Haridra Ganapati

The iconographical treatises Niyotsava and the Mantra-maharnava have similar descriptions of Haridra Ganapati.

He has four arms and carries a pasha (noose), an ankusha (elephant goad), a modaka (sweet) and the danta (his own broken tusk) in his four hands.

His left hands carry the pasha, a parashu (battle-axe) and displays the varadamudra (gesture of boon-giving).

Rituals involving his worship generally are performed to fulfill material objectives, especially gaining boons related to sexuality.

He is also associated with six rituals of abhichara (uses of spells for malevolent purposes) by which the adept can cause the target to suffer delusions, be overcome with irresistible attraction or envy, or to be enslaved, paralysed or killed.