A gilt bronze figure of Garwa Nagpo

Garwa Nagpo, Damchen ("the Blacksmith"), is the main attendant deity to the protector deity Dorje Legpa and a protector deity in his own right. The two deities were likely indigenous to Tibet, but adopted in to the Tibetan Buddhist canon after its earliest introduction under Padmasambhava. They are tasked with protecting the Revealed Treasure texts of the Nyingma tradition.