One of the Tantrik forms of Ganesha is known as Heraṃba. Scholars believe that the name Heraṃba translates to “protector of the weak”. Unlike in his regular iconography, Heramba Ganapati rides a lion and is often depicted with five faces – four elephant heads facing the cardinal directions while the fifth one looking skywards. Heramba…
The devotee should meditate on Ganesha whose splendor is like the rising Sun, who holds the noose and the gesture of fearlessness in his left hands and the boon-bestowing mudra and a goad in his right hands, whose face resembles that of the elephant, whose dress is red in colour, who is rendered beautiful by…