Going on pilgrimage, one receives the blessings of the holy place which was blessed by the presence of the holy beings, the buddhas and the bodhisattvas. It inspires us, by seeing the hardship they have gone through to practice in those times without any facilities. And, most importantly, I feel it benefit one in purification of negative karma of body, speech and mind.
~Simdha Getul Namdak Choying