TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    '/home/sugree/work/git/django66/samplesite/templates'
)

mkdir templates

from django.template import Context, loader
from django.http import HttpResponse
 
def index(request):
    t = loader.get_template('helloworld/index.html')
    c = Context()
    return HttpResponse(t.render(c))

Hello, World!

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^$', 'samplesite.helloworld.views.index'),
)