Ganapathi Atharva Seersha Upanishad describes Ganesha as having an elephant’s head. He has one tusk (on the right side) and four hands. In the upper right hand He is holding a noose, a goad in the upper left hand and an elephant’s tooth in the lower left hand. The lower right hand is giving blessings and granting boons. Lord Ganesha has a mouse as his emblem. He is red in color, with a big stomach and ears like a small fan.
He is wearing red colored clothes and His body is smeared with red sandalwood paste. He is worshiped with red flowers. A unique combination of his elephant-like head and a quick moving tiny mouse vehicle represents tremendous wisdom, intelligence, and presence of mind.