The press in recent days has been awash with pictures and stories of the Prince of Wales' visit to the Punjab. As a site devoted to Punjab's history and heritage, Punjab Heritage News brings an illustrated article on a previous visit of the Prince of Wales to Amritsar, 101 years ago in 1905.

On a Royal Tour of India 1905-6. The Royal couple traveled throughout the subcontinent from Bombay to Benares. In December of 1905 they arrived in Amritsar where they visited the Golden Temple and took a tour through the old city. As in the whole tour, the crowds were immense. Remarkably little information is left of this tour, and specifically of the time spent in Amritsar with the exception of some informal photographs that were taken on the day and remain preserved in an album. Unremarkably, many of the architectural features that can be seen in the background of the pictures has now been demolished.

 Crowds line the street to witness the Prince of Wales's arrival

 The Royal cavalcade drives through the streets

 Local women on the path outside the Goldent Temple wait the arrival of the royal couple

 The Royal couple arrive and are escorted to the HArimandir

Nahinags and other ancient orders are photographed around the old city