Mallakhamba (Marathi: मल्लखांब) or Mallar Kambam (Tamil: மல்லர் கம்பம்) is a traditional Indian sport in which a gymnast performs feats and poses in concert with a vertical wooden pole or rope. The word also refers to the pole used in the sport. Mallakhamba derives from the terms malla/mallar which denotes a wrestler and khamba/kambam which means a pole. Mallakhamba/Mallar Kambam can therefore be translated to English as "pole gymnastics". On April 9, 2013, the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh declared mallakhamba as the state sport.