Like numerous other aspects in Hinduism, deep symbolism is
attached to the elephant head of Ganesha. The big elephant head of Ganesh
represents the great repository of wisdom. The large ears symbolically suggest that
it is the medium to acquire vast knowledge.
The trunk symbolizes the power to uproot ignorance. It also symbolically
suggests the discriminatory capacity to differentiate between the dualities of
life.
The two tusks represent the dualities of life and the broken
tusk represents shedding of duality.