Django Project not being served by Apache - django

My Django project is not being served while running on Apache 2.2.
All I can see is the folder structure upon hitting the URL of the domain name.
I've mod_wsgi installed but I think it's not linked well.
Can anybody tell what may be the problem?
Here's the URL of the website
http://ccbstca.ccbst.info/

UPDATE 1
You need to install and enable mod_wsgi for apache. And specify WSGIScriptAlias in apache virtual host config. This link might help:
http://thecodeship.com/deployment/deploy-django-apache-virtualenv-and-mod_wsgi/
ORIGINAL
I think You need to name your wsgi script file as a python file (.py)
And following wsgi code might just help:
import os
os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "ppbase.settings")
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
application = get_wsgi_application()
If you can post your apache virtual host config file, it would help in answering this.

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Ubuntu: 12.04.5 LTS
Apache: 2.2.22
mod_wsgi Version: 3.3-4ubuntu0.1
i would say WSGI application entry point is the wsgi.py script which is the Gate (stands also for Gateway) from apache into django app and vise versa
it is like
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hope this helps
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import os
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