Born in 1978, Linukumar enrolled himself in SreeBharathKalari at the age of seven and underwent systematic thorough payattu training under the guidance of Vijayan Gurukkal. Participated in Kalarippayattu Championship meets and Linukumar was the State Junior Champion between 1995 and 1998 and Senior Champion between 1999 and 2001.

As a member of the SreeBharathKalari group, Linukumar has staged payattu demonstrations in different parts of Kerala and in Bangalore, Mumbai, Goa, Delhi and Madura.

A postgraduate in Physics, Linukumar works as a lecturer in a College near Kannur. As an elected member of the Committee that manage the administrative affairs of the Sree Bharat Kalari, Linukumar functions as the General Secretary, and he is one of the Instructors there.

Linukumar was invited by the Vice Chancellor for Kannur university for preliminary discussions on their envisaged plan to introduce Kalaripayattu as an academic subject in the university.