A library to convert svg to images? [closed]

Question

I am looking for a library written either in C or C++ which can convert the svg to image formats.

I came across inkscape which converts svg to images. but to use this I must run inkscape as a process and this not the solution I am after.

I need the library to run on both Windows and Linux as well.

I am after a C or C++ library. If it was with Java I would have used Apache's Batik rasterizer.