______ is a traditional Indian sport, whereby athletes perform various types of gymnastics moves and hold various poses on a vertical wooden pole.

The correct answer is Mallakhamb.

• A Traditional Indian sport, Mallakamb involves a gymnast performing feats with a vertical wooden pole or rope. The word, Mallakamb, also refers to the pole used in the sport.
• The word ‘Mallakhamb’ comes from coalescing two words- ‘malla’ meaning wrestler and ‘ khamb’ meaning pole.
• The gymnast performs aerial yoga postures on a wooden pole, a cane, or simply a rope.
• Traditionally, a wooden pole is used to perform yoga postures, which is made of Sheesham or Indian Rosewood and smoothened by castor oil. 

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