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Dvimukha Ganapati

द्विमुखगणपति
Also known as: Dvimukha Gaṇapati, Two-Faced Ganapati

About

Twenty-seventh of the 32 Ganapati forms. The two-faced form of Ganesha. Represents the dual aspects of the divine: inner and outer, creation and dissolution, knowledge and action.

Attributes

Two facesDualityInner and outerKnowledge and action

Symbols

Elephant goadNooseModakaTuskLotus
Vahana (Mount)
Mouse

Associated Mantras

Om Dvimukhagaṇapataye Namaḥ

Festivals

Vinayaka Chaturthi

Scriptures

Mudgala Purāṇa

Regions Worshipped

Pan-India

Iconography

Red complexion. Two faces (one on each side). Four arms holding elephant goad, noose, modaka, and tusk. Seated on a lotus. Dual, comprehensive expression.