PangoCairo Text rendering

render.py

#!/usr/bin/python
#-*- coding:utf8 -*-
import cairo
import pango
import pangocairo

surface = cairo.ImageSurface(cairo.FORMAT_ARGB32, 600, 100)
context = cairo.Context(surface)

pc = pangocairo.CairoContext(context)

layout = pc.create_layout()
layout.set_font_description(pango.FontDescription('Serif Normal 12'))
layout.set_text('മലയാളം हिन्दी ଓଡ଼ିଆ தமிழ்');
# Next four lines take care of centering the text. Feel free to ignore ;-)
width, height = surface.get_width(), surface.get_height()
w, h = layout.get_pixel_size()
position = (width/2.0 - w/2.0, height/2.0 - h/2.0)
position = (w,h)
context.move_to(*position)
pc.show_layout(layout)
surface.write_to_png('malayalam.png')

Python3 code from @jerinphilip https://gist.github.com/jerinphilip/7300fb1ee4f73133723db6db862a2a89