Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2368

c4.2368

From that time Bhrśuṇḍi gave up his evil ways, and accepting the advice of Mudgala, started the worship of Gaṇeśa with single-minded devotion. As a result of it, an elephant’s trunk began to grow from the middle of his forehead. Bhrśuṇḍi who thus acquired a shape closely resembling Gaṇeśa, was visited by Indra, mistaking him for Gaṇapati. (Gaṇeśa : 1.67).