He was born in Elanjikal family in Kara, a small hamlet near Kodungallur, Thrissur District, Kerala, India on 8 September 1987 to Kunjavira and Thressia.
He completed his pastoral studies at St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary, Mangalappuzha and obtained his Ph.D. in Hindu Theology on the subject Transformation in dependence of God with special reference to Brihadaranyaka and Chandokya Upanishads[2] and Doctorate in Canon Law from Propaganda College, Rome.
Elanjikal was appointed on 16 January 1971 to the Diocese of Vijayapuram and was consecrated bishop on 4 April 1971.
Bishop Elanjikal was a prolific writer who had 10 books and more than 500 Christian devotional songs to his credit.
[7] He has portrayed his life in his autobiography, Mangaatha Smaranakal (Unfading Memories)[8] He died on 7 October 2011, aged 93, at a private hospital in Ernakulam succumbing to respiratory ailments.