India, March 13 -- Having become the youngest-ever World Chess Champion in history, D Gukesh visited the famous Tirumala Temple in Andhra Pradesh, with his family. The 18-year-old shaved his head as an offering to God after Darshan.

Gukesh defeated Ding Liren at the World Chess Championship in Singapore last year, and is also currently ranked third in the FIDE standings and is India No. 1.

During his visit. Gukesh also met reporters and revealed that he wanted to come to the temple after his victory in December last year. "I always wanted to come here after World Championship so I'm very happy and I had a very good darshan,"he said.

Gukesh came second in Wijk aan Zee at the Tata Masters, as he lost to R Praggnanandhaa in the tie-breake...