[Answered ]-Django, not able to load template through TEMPLATE_DIRS

As you can see in the official release django docs, in version 1.8 things have changed regarding how templates parameters are configured.

TEMPLATE_DIRS has been deprecated, so you can remove it from settings.py.

Instead, in TEMPLATES, set the DIRS key correctly (it is empty now).

For example:

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'), ], # check the path depending on your prj structure
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]