guntur stating that global famed centre for art culture and heritage guntur is an ideal place to set up an art gallery indian national trust for art and culture intach convenor svs lakshmi narayana urged the state government to allocate suitable land for construction of the art galleryhe said that renowned artists art lovers and philanthropists were ready to take up the construction of the gallery once the government granted the land within the city intach in association with kala peetham organized a fourday workshop on painting and art at red cross buildings hundreds of students from different schools and colleges were beelined to the redcross buildings to attend the workshop addressing a meeting held on saturday lakshminarayana said that it was hightime for the art lovers to build pressure on the government to set up the art galleryart is vibrant it has the power to make people live longer said lakshminarayana he said that intach has been working to conserve heritage based on the belief that living in harmony he said that art enhances the quality of life and it is the duty of every citizen to protect it renowned artists from kalapeetham usman khan and vijay kumar somanchi observed that children could grasp the technique of art and painting if properly trained art gives the power of imagination it makes them think beyond it can be a foundation for achieving bigger goals in the life said vijay kumar