▁tut el ary ▁( or ▁family ) ▁de ities . ▁The ▁Ch olas ▁also ▁preferred ▁to ▁call ▁only ▁these ▁two ▁tem ples ▁which ▁home ▁their ▁tut el ary ▁or ▁family ▁de ities ▁as ▁Ko il ▁or ▁the ▁' Tem ple ', ▁which ▁denotes ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁places ▁of ▁worship ▁for ▁them , ▁under lin ing ▁their ▁eq . ▁The ▁above - named ▁tem ples ▁are ▁being ▁proposed ▁to ▁be ▁included ▁among ▁the ▁UN ES CO ▁World ▁Heritage ▁S ites , ▁which ▁will ▁elev ate ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁exact ing ▁and ▁ex al ting ▁standards ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Living ▁Ch ola ▁Tem ples . ▁ ▁The ▁temple ▁of ▁G anga ik ond ach ol ap ur am , ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Raj endra ▁Ch ola ▁I , ▁was ▁intended ▁to ▁exceed ▁its ▁prede cess or ▁in ▁every ▁way . ▁Comple ted ▁around ▁ 1 0 3 0 , ▁only ▁two ▁dec ades ▁after ▁the ▁temple ▁at ▁Th an jav ur ▁and ▁in ▁much ▁the ▁same ▁style , ▁the ▁greater ▁elabor ation ▁in ▁its ▁appearance ▁att ests ▁the ▁more ▁aff lu ent ▁state ▁of ▁the ▁Ch ola ▁Empire ▁under ▁Raj endra . ▁This ▁temple ▁has ▁a ▁larger ▁S iva ▁ling a ▁than ▁the ▁one ▁at ▁Th an jav ur ▁but ▁the ▁V im ana ▁of ▁this ▁temple ▁is ▁smaller ▁in ▁height ▁than ▁the ▁Th an jav ur ▁v im ana . ▁ ▁The ▁Ch ola ▁period ▁is ▁also ▁remarkable ▁for ▁its ▁sculpt ures ▁and ▁bron zes ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁Among ▁the ▁existing ▁spec