“Excited to meet my sisters & brothers; daughters & sons in #Nepal. Just arrived in the beautiful & sacred land of #Buddha and Pashupatinath,” he tweeted after arriving at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Friday.

Satyarthi is scheduled to address the parliamentary committee for Women, Children, Senior Citizens and Social Welfare at the International Convention Center later today.

He will also meet with President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala, Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and human rights activists.  

Excited to meet my sisters & brothers; daughters & sons in #Nepal . Just arrived in the beautiful & sacred land of #Buddha and Pashupatinath

— Kailash Satyarthi (@k_satyarthi) December 19, 2014

Satyatrhi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan for their advocacy and activism towards protecting child rights.

Satyarthi, who heads the Bachpan Bachao Andolan to end child exploitation, had actively campaigned against child labour in carpet factories in Kathmandu. Various programmes have been planned to recognise his work against child exploitation, both in India and Nepal. Satyarthi will also be visiting Dang district.