why do a ceremony for an inanimate object? to express respect and to become mindful
heritage and Indian culture: i grew up watching my mother performing pooja/ritual for any new purchase. she even offered new clothing to god first.
examples of different types of inanimate object: it could be any appliance, car or tool.
My recent purchase of stove brought back many memories. Coming from a small village in India, it was unimaginable to make such purchase on my own. The person I was married, he made things extremely difficult emotionally and financially.
We first offered respect to the old stove with arati, and small ritual.