The Mudgala Purana mentions Heramba Ganapati as one of the thirty-two names of Ganesha.

[4] An early 18th century Mewar paintingHeramba is described having five elephant heads, four facing the cardinal directions while the fifth at the top looking upwards.

[4] The colours of Heramba's heads closely relate to five aspects of his father Shiva – Ishana, Tatpurusha, Aghora, Vamadeva and Sadyojata.

As per descriptions in iconographical treatises, he holds a pasha (noose), danta (his broken tusk), akshamala (rosary), a parashu (battle-axe), a three-headed mudgara (mallet) and the sweet modak.

Heramba also has the power to confer fearlessness and bring defeat or destruction to one's enemies.

[9] Like a number of other Hindu deities, Heramba was also associated with the six "fearful abhichara rites" (use of spells for malevolent purposes) by which an adept is said to gain the power to cause a victim to suffer delusions, be overcome with irresistible attraction or envy, or be enslaved, paralysed or killed.