This paper presents the experimental estimation of stresses in the epoxy based material for varying weight percentage of alumina particles using Photoelasticity method and validating the results using ANSYS. The study deals with the stress distribution within the diametrical disc under compression loading which uses the property birefringence. Photoelasticity method used to calculate the stresses for the intricate shapes models where the analytical solutions are too complex. The significance of the method is to do the variety of stress analyses and even for routine use in design, particularly before the advent of numerical methods, such as for instance finite elements or boundary elements.