The world’s youngest chase champion D Gukesh Domraju reached the Tirupati temple on Wednesday. Where he shaved his hair and presented it to Lord Balaji. Gukesh participated in Tata Steel Champion and Freestyle Chess Grandsum 2025 in 2025. He can also be seen in the Norway Chase 2025 event, which will be in Stangagar. Gukesh will face Magnus Carlsen and Arjun with Wei Yi. Gukesh did not participate in the tournament last year.
After donating hair at Tirupati temple, 18 -year -old Gukesh said in a social media post shared by Norway Chess that, I have to keep working hard. There are many important tournaments in 2025, so I am focusing on it. I want to improve all formats and hopefully there will be good things by God’s grace.
Tirupati Balaji temple has a unique tradition of donating his hair to devotees. It is believed that Lord Venkateswara took a loan from Lord Kubera. Devotees of Lord Venkateswara donated their hair to repay this loan. It is believed that they get more money than the hair that people donate.