The Indonesian government has planned to build a monument to remember the Dec. 26 tsunami attack, which remains to be the most destructive and deadly natural disaster in two centuries.

The monument will be built on a mass grave of the tsunami victims in the northernmost province of Aceh, which bore the brunt of the disaster, the Antara news agency reported Tuesday.

The mass grave is located at Ulee Lheu village in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh.

"Inside the Ulee Lheu mass grave, more than 14,000 bodies of victims in last year's disaster were buried," acting Banda Aceh Mayor Mawardy Nurdin was quoted as saying.

The mass grave is currently being renovated with supports from many international non-government organizations.

The tsunami, which was triggered by a nine -magnitude earthquake off the Indian Ocean, left more than 200,000 people in Aceh alone dead or missing. Thousands more fatalities were also reported from Thailand, India and Sri Lanka.

Source: Xinhua